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noun
- Installment purchase.
- Debt.
- (card games) The last card turned up in the game of faro.
- Prison.
- A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
- Meat from that part of a food animal.
- Alternative form of hawk (“cough”).
- Pawn, obligation as collateral for a loan.
- (countable) The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
- (countable) The hollow behind the knee.
- tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
- any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (‘hock’ is British usage)
verb
- (US) To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly.
- (transitive, colloquial) To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.
- (transitive) To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
- Alternative form of hawk (“cough, clear one's throat of phlegm”).
- leave as a guarantee in return for money
- disable by cutting the hock
verb
- purchase
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- receive as a retribution or punishment
- receive a specified treatment (abstract)
- achieve a point or goal
- suffer from the receipt of
- evoke an emotional response
- irritate
- cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
- take vengeance on or get even
- acquire as a result of some effort or action
- perceive by hearing
- give certain properties to something
- overcome or destroy
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- make (offspring) by reproduction
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- move into a desired direction of discourse
- attract and fix
- come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
- go or come after and bring or take back
- enter or assume a certain state or condition
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone
- reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
- reach and board
- reach by calculation
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- (transitive, informal) To understand. (compare get it)
- (impersonal, informal) Used with a pronoun subject, usually you but sometimes one, to indicate that the object of the verb exists, can occur or is otherwise typical.
- (transitive) To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
- (imperative, informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
- (intransitive, with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).
- (transitive) To getter.
- (transitive) To cause to do.
- (transitive) To find as an answer.
- (transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
- (transitive, informal) To catch out, trick successfully.
- (transitive, informal) To perplex, stump.
- (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution.
- (intransitive, catenative) (with full infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).
- (transitive) To cause to come or go or move.
- (copulative, rather informal, followed by an adjective) To become, or cause oneself to become (often with temporary states, past participle adjectives and comparatives).
- (transitive) To hear completely; catch.
- (transitive) To receive.
- (transitive) To cause someone to laugh.
- (transitive) To measure.
- (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
- (intransitive, catenative) (with full infinitive or gerund-participle) To begin (doing something or to do something).
- (transitive, informal) To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
- (transitive) To fetch, bring, take.
- (intransitive, informal, chiefly imperative) To go, to leave; to scram.
- (transitive) To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
- (auxiliary, informal) Used with the past participle to form the dynamic passive voice of a dynamic verb. Compared with static passive with to be, this emphasizes the commencement of an action or entry into a state.
- (transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.
- (transitive) To become ill with or catch (a disease).
- (euphemistic) To kill.
- (transitive) To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
noun
- a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
- (informal) Something gotten, something gained or won; an acquisition.
- (sports, tennis) A difficult return or block of a shot.
- (Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.
- (UK, Ireland, regional) Synonym of git (“contemptible person”).
- Lineage.
- (Internet slang) A message or post on an online platform, particularly imageboards, with a unique identifier deemed special or rare, usually due to patterns in the ID.
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- (law, uncountable) The acquiring or retention of a nationality through personal choice as a right, bypassing selective legal mechanisms for naturalization, especially in cases where a territory is transferred or passed on from one state to another.
- The freedom or right to choose.
- (finance, law) A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price; can apply to financial market transactions, or to ordinary transactions for tangible assets such as a residence or automobile.
- One of a set of choices that can be made.
- one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
- the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited
- the act of choosing or selecting
noun
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- the acquisition of something for payment
- something acquired by purchase
- the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
- a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage
- (uncountable, also figuratively) Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan.
- The apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained and (in nautical terminology) the ratio of such a device, like a pulley, or block and tackle.
- That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
- The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
- (climbing, uncountable) The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
- A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.
- That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
verb
- obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
- To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
- To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.
- To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
- To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
- To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; to raise or move by mechanical means.
- To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
- To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
noun
- an advantageous purchase
- The thing stipulated or purchased.
- an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each
- An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
- An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds themself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds themself to receive the property and pay the consideration.
- A gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase.
- An item purchased for significantly less than the usual, or recommended, price
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verb
- obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
- be worth or be capable of buying
- acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange
- accept as true
- make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
- (transitive, ditransitive) To obtain, especially by some sacrifice.
- (transitive) To bribe.
- (transitive, informal) to accept as true; to believe
- (intransitive) To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a drink, meal or gift)
- (transitive, ditransitive) To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.
- (poker slang, transitive) To make a bluff, usually a large one.
- (transitive) To be equivalent to in value.
noun
- an advantageous purchase
- a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)
- (computing) A policy in database systems that a database follows which allows a transaction to be written on nonvolatile storage before its commit occurs.
- (curling) Scoring in an end without the hammer.
- (slang, figurative) A piece of merchandise available at a very low, attractive price; the act of buying it.
- (basketball, ice hockey) A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team.
- (baseball) A stolen base.
- The act of stealing.
verb
- steal a base
- move stealthily
- take without the owner's consent
- (transitive) To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.
- (transitive) To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
- (transitive) To convey (something) clandestinely.
- (intransitive) To move silently or secretly.
- (transitive, baseball) To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the aid of a hit, walk, passed ball, wild pitch, or defensive indifference.
- (sports, transitive) To dispossess
- To withdraw or convey (oneself) clandestinely.
- (informal, transitive, humorous) To take or retell someone else’s joke; to use a clever phrase or expression from someone else in one's own speaking or writing.
- (transitive, informal, figurative) To acquire at a low price.
- (transitive, of ideas, words, music, a look, credit, etc.) To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.
- (informal, transitive, hyperbolic) To borrow for a short moment.
- (transitive) To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.
noun
- the act of buying
- An act or process of making a purchase.
- (business, government) A complex, organized process in large organizations for obtaining goods that may include identification of requirements, approvals, supplier management, negotiation, receipt of goods, and payment.
- A part of an organization that manages such processes
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- a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later
- a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
- a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met
- the natural process of laying down a deposit of something
- the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating
- money deposited in a bank or some similar institution
- money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use
- matter that has been deposited by some natural process
- the act of putting something somewhere
- (law) Bailment of personal property to be kept gratuitously for the bailor (depositor) and without any benefit to the bailee (depositary), e.g. for storage, carriage, repair, etc.
- (geology) Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
- A place of deposit; a depository.
- (banking) Money placed in a bank account, as for safekeeping or to earn interest.
- A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit
- Anything left behind on a surface.
- (finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.
verb
- put into a bank account
- put, fix, force, or implant
- put (something somewhere) firmly
- (transitive) To put money or funds into an account.
- To lay aside; to rid oneself of.
- To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.
- To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.
- (transitive) To lay down; to place; to put.
noun
- a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later
- (law, finance) A payment representing a fraction of the price of something being purchased, made to secure the right to continue making payments towards that purchase.
- (by extension) Any initial commitment signifying an intention to carry out a larger future commitment, even though no legal rights or obligations are secured.
noun
- a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
- an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
- an attempt to get something
- An attempt, effort, or pursuit (of a goal).
- (ultimate frisbee) A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass.
- (trucking) A particular route that a driver regularly takes from their domicile.
- (prison slang) A prison sentence.
- An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work.
verb
- ask for or request earnestly
- make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
- ask someone in a friendly way to do something
- propose a payment
- make a serious effort to attain something
- invoke upon
- (transitive) To offer as a price; to tender.
- (transitive, intransitive, trucking) To take a particular route regularly.
- (ambitransitive, card games) To announce (one's goal), before starting play.
- (intransitive) To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.
- (transitive) To utter a greeting or salutation.
- (transitive) To issue a command; to tell.
- (transitive) To invite; to summon.
- (intransitive) To make an attempt.
noun
- a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
- something that can be used as an official medium of payment
- car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
- a boat for communication between ship and shore
- someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
- ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
- Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.
- (nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
- Ellipsis of water tender (“firefighting apparatus”).
- (archaic outside certain compounds) Someone who tends or waits on something or someone.
- The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.
- (rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
- A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
- Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.
- (diving) A member of a diving team who assists a diver during a dive but does not themselves go underwater.
- (nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
- (law) A formal offer to buy or sell something.
adj
- easy to cut or chew
- given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
- hurting
- young and immature
- (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
- (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition
- having or displaying warmth or affection
- physically untoughened
- Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
- Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
- Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet.
- Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
- Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
- (of food) Soft and easily chewed.
- Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
- Young and inexperienced.
- (nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
- Sensitive or painful to the touch.
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- The act of installing; installation.
- (banking, finance) Any of a series of portions of a debt or sum of money, which portions may or may not be equal in amount (depending in part on whether the interest rate is fixed or variable), and payment of which takes place at regular intervals toward satisfaction of the total. Payments are generally mensual, quarterly, triannual, biannual, or annual.
- (publishing, media) A part of a published or broadcast serial.
- One of a series of parts, whether equal or unequal to the other parts of the series, of a given entity or a given process, which part presents or is presented at a particular scheduled interval.
- the act of installing something (as equipment)
- a part of a published serial
- a part of a broadcast serial
- a payment of part of a debt; usually paid at regular intervals
noun
- the amount of money needed to purchase something
- the act of damaging something or someone
- any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right
- loss of military equipment
- the occurrence of a change for the worse
- Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
- (slang) Cost or expense.
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noun
- the amount of money needed to purchase something
- cost of bribing someone
- value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
- the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
- a monetary reward for helping to catch a criminal
- the high value or worth of something
- The cost required to gain possession of something.
- Value; estimation; excellence; worth.
- The cost of an action or deed.
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- A price tag.
- A wooden strip placed between courses of lumber to allow air circulation and to create a gap so the unit can be picked up with a forklift (also kiln sticker).
- (US, politics) A paster.
- (music) A small wooden rod in an organ which connects (in part) a key and a pallet, so as to communicate motion by pushing.
- (Internet) A cartoonish illustration of a character that represents an emotion or action, often accompanied by text, that may be superimposed on a digital image.
- An adhesive label or decal.
- A brand, label, or company, especially one making and distributing records.
- (military slang, World War I– World War II, if not earlier) A bayonet.
- One who sticks to something, or does not give up; a stayer.
- (by extension) The listed price (also sticker price).
- Something or someone that sticks (pierces, or adheres).
- (informal) A burr or seed pod that catches in fur or clothing.
- a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing
- a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- an adhesive label
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- The provision of a loan, payment instalment terms, or similar arrangement, to enable a customer to purchase an item without paying the full amount straight away.
- The science of management of money and other assets.
- (usually in the plural) Monetary resources, especially those of a public entity or a company.
- The management of money and other assets.
- the management of money and credit and banking and investments
- the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
- the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
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- (finance) Initialism of purchase and sale agreement.
- (medicine, immunology) Initialism of prostate-specific antigen.
- Initialism of polysialic acid.
- Initialism of public safety announcement.
- Initialism of pressure swing adsorption.
- Initialism of pressure-sensitive adhesive.
- Initialism of public service announcement.
- a protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; PSA is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely; elevated levels of PSA in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer
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- As a down payment.
- At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- Away from the city (regardless of direction).
- (crosswords, in relation to a numbered clued word) In a downwards direction; vertically.
- To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
- (sentence substitute, imperative) Get down.
- Forward, straight ahead.
- On paper (or in a durable record).
- To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
- So as to be cowed into silence.
- Into a state of non-operation.
- (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
- From less to greater detail.
- Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, permanence, or success rather than being of indefinite duration.
- (comparable) At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
- To or towards what is considered the bottom of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically lower.
- So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.
- (sports) Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
- From a remoter or higher antiquity.
- (rail transport) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- So as to reduce size, weight or volume.
- So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.
- away from a more central or a more northerly place
- from an earlier time
- in an inactive or inoperative state
- to a lower intensity
- spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
- paid in cash at time of purchase
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- (baseball, cricket, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.
- (not comparable, military, law enforcement, slang, of a person) Wounded and unable to move normally, or killed.
- (not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
- Having a lower score than an opponent.
- (veterinary medicine, of a cow) Stranded in a recumbent position; unable to stand.
- (rail transport, of a train) Travelling in the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
- (normally in the combination 'down with') Sick or ill.
- (informal) Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
- (slang) In prison.
- (of a tree, limb, etc) Fallen or felled.
- At a lower level than before.
- (colloquial, with "on") Negative about; hostile to.
- (Canada, US, slang) Comfortable [with]; accepting [of]; okay [with].
- Facing downwards.
- Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)
- (not comparable, military, aviation, slang, of an aircraft) Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.
- being put out in a game of baseball
- lower than previously
- extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
- filled with melancholy and despondency
- understood perfectly
- becoming progressively lower
- shut
- not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
- being or moving lower in position or less in some value
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- Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
- The lightest quark with a charge number of −¹⁄₃.
- (usually in the plural) A field, especially one used for horse racing.
- (UK, chiefly in the plural) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.
- (gambling) The shift or period of time during which a dealer manages a given table before rotating to the next table at a casino or cardroom, which is often 30 minutes.
- (American football) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.
- A downstairs room of a two-story house.
- The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
- A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.
- That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
- (especially Southern England, also Australia, often plural, often in place names) A hill; in England, especially a chalk hill.
- (crosswording) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
- (botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
- Down payment.
- A downer, depressant.
- An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
- fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
- soft fine feathers
- (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
- (American football) a complete play to advance the football
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- From one end to another of (in any direction); along.
- Towards the mouth of (a river); in the direction of flow of.
- (UK, Ireland) To (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From north to south of.
- (UK, Ireland) At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From the higher end to the lower of.
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- (transitive, golf, pocket billiards) To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.
- (transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
- (transitive, colloquial) To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
- (transitive) Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.).
- (transitive, colloquial) To disparage; to put down.
- (transitive, American football, Canadian football) To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.
- (transitive, figurative) To defeat; to overpower.
- (transitive) To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
- (transitive) To lower; to put (something) down.
- eat up completely, as with great appetite
- shoot at and force to come down
- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
- bring down or defeat (an opponent)
- drink down entirely
- cause to come or go down
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- buy, select
- admit into a group or community
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- assume, as of positions or roles
- take somebody somewhere
- experience or feel or submit to
- develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation
- receive or obtain regularly
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- proceed along in a vehicle
- be a student of a certain subject
- be seized or affected in a specified way
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- get into one's hands, take physically
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
- be designed to hold or take
- take into one's possession
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- require (time or space)
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- obtain by winning
- lay claim to; as of an idea
- occupy or take on
- require as useful, just, or proper
- head into a specified direction
- make a film or photograph of something
- to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
- receive willingly something given or offered
- carry out
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- engage for service under a term of contract
- conquer by force
- have sex with; archaic use
- be capable of holding or containing
- (transitive, cricket) To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
- (transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
- (of a plant, etc.) To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
- (transitive) To bind oneself by.
- (transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- (transitive) To avail oneself of; to exploit.
- (transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- (transitive) To experience or feel.
- (transitive) To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
- (reflexive) To go.
- (transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- (transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
- (transitive) To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
- (transitive) To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc.).
- (transitive) To assume (a form).
- (transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- (transitive) To fill or require: to last or expend (an amount of time).
- (transitive) To exact.
- (transitive) To proceed to fill.
- (transitive) To accept and follow (advice, etc.).
- (transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- (transitive, mathematics, computing) To accept (zero or more arguments).
- (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- (of ink, dye, etc.) To adhere or be absorbed properly.
- (transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
- (transitive) To go into, through, or along.
- (transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
- (transitive) To seize or capture.
- (transitive) To participate in.
- (transitive) To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
- (transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
- (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
- (transitive) To perform (a role).
- (transitive) To receive into some relationship.
- (transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc.).
- (transitive) To receive (medicine or drugs) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
- (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- (transitive) To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
- (intransitive, copulative) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- (transitive, of a material) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc.); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc.).
- (transitive) To accept, be given (rightly or wrongly), or assume (especially as if by right).
- (transitive) To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
- (transitive, especially of a vehicle) To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
- (transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
- (transitive) To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
- (transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- (of a mechanical device) To catch; to engage.
- (transitive) To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
- (transitive, of a path, road, etc.) To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
- (transitive, grammar) To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc.).
- (transitive) To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
- (transitive) To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
- (transitive) To have sex with.
- (transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- (transitive) To remove or end by death; to kill.
- (transitive) To subtract.
- Used in phrasal verbs: take in, take off, take on, take out, take to, take something to, take up.
- (transitive) To go or move into.
- (transitive) To fill, occupy, require, or use up (space).
- (transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
- (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
- (transitive) To remove.
- (transitive) To require (a person, resource or thing in order to achieve an outcome).
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- (transitive) To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
- (transitive) To deal with.
- (transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- (transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- (transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- (transitive, Greece, Cyprus, informal) To buy.
- (intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
- (transitive, intransitive, law) To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
- (transitive) To regard in a specified way.
- (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- (transitive) To escort or conduct (a person).
- (transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
- (transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- (transitive) To have and use one's recourse to.
- (transitive) To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
noun
- the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits; takings.
- (medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
- (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- (rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
- (printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
- The or an act of taking.
- An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
- The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
noun
- (business) Initialism of purchase requisition.
- (sports) Initialism of Paralympic record.
- Initialism of Puerto Rican.
- Initialism of public relations.
- (sports) Initialism of personal record.
- (medicine) A PR interval.
- Initialism of personal representative.
- (tennis) Initialism of protected ranking.
- (software engineering) Initialism of pull request.
- (medicine) Initialism of partial response.
- (hematology) Initialism of prothrombin ratio.
- Initialism of proportional representation.
- (electronics) Abbreviation of preset.
- Initialism of permanent residence.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of progesterone receptor.
- Initialism of police report.
- Initialism of personal recognizance (bond).
- a promotion intended to create goodwill for a person or institution
adv
name
verb
noun
- a contract in which you agree to purchase all your requirements of a particular sort from one party
- (law) An agreement in which in which one party agrees to supply as much of a good or service as is required by the other party, and in exchange the other party expressly or implicitly promises that it will obtain its goods or services exclusively from the first party.
verb
noun
noun
- Sale of something previously bought.
- (law) The sale by the original seller to another purchaser of goods due to non-payment by original purchaser, often with the original purchaser liable for any shortfall between the original sale price and the price realized by the original seller.
- the selling of something purchased
noun
- an option to sell
- the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
- (business, finance) An option to sell a stated quantity of an asset or financial product, such as stock, at a stated price (the strike price), on a stated future date (or range of dates).
noun
- (finance) Initialism of personal contract purchase.
- (medicine) Abbreviation of pneumocystis pneumonia.
- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of pentachlorophenol.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of peptidyl carrier protein.
- (healthcare) Initialism of primary care practitioner (who may be a physician, a physician assistant, or a nurse practitioner).
- (chemistry) Abbreviation of phenylcyclohexylpiperidine, an alternative name for phencyclidine.
- (psychology) Initialism of personal construct psychology.
- (mathematics) Initialism of probabilistically checkable proof.
- (healthcare) Initialism of primary care physician.
- a drug used as an anesthetic by veterinarians; illicitly taken (originally in the form of powder or ‘dust’) for its effects as a hallucinogen
- a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability
name
noun
- A fee charged to cover the costs of packaging.
- Material used to wrap a product for sale etc.; packaging.
- The gathering of birds, animals etc. into a pack.
- (rugby) The forming of players into a scrum.
- (sciences, mathematics) The spatial arrangement of objects, items or constituent parts.
- Special material used to fill containers or vessels for certain chemically related applications.
- The action of putting things together, especially of putting clothes into a suitcase for a journey.
- Material used to fill in the space around something, especially to make a piston etc. watertight or airtight.
- Clipping of meatpacking.
- any material used especially to protect something
- the enclosure of something in a package or box
- carrying something in a pack on the back
verb
noun
- (rare) A refund; reimbursement.
- A return on investment.
- (countable) A benefit, reward, a form of recompense.
- (uncountable) An act of revenge.
- financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment)
- the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
verb
noun
- Installment purchase.
- Debt.
- (card games) The last card turned up in the game of faro.
- Prison.
- A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
- Meat from that part of a food animal.
- Alternative form of hawk (“cough”).
- Pawn, obligation as collateral for a loan.
- (countable) The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
- (countable) The hollow behind the knee.
- tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
- any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (‘hock’ is British usage)
verb
- (US) To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly.
- (transitive, colloquial) To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.
- (transitive) To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
- Alternative form of hawk (“cough, clear one's throat of phlegm”).
- leave as a guarantee in return for money
- disable by cutting the hock
noun
noun
noun
- the acquisition of something for payment
- something acquired by purchase
- the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
- a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage
- (uncountable, also figuratively) Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan.
- The apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained and (in nautical terminology) the ratio of such a device, like a pulley, or block and tackle.
- That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
- The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
- (climbing, uncountable) The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
- A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.
- That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
verb
- obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
- To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
- To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.
- To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
- To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
- To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; to raise or move by mechanical means.
- To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
- To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
noun
- an advantageous purchase
- The thing stipulated or purchased.
- an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each
- An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
- An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds themself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds themself to receive the property and pay the consideration.
- A gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase.
- An item purchased for significantly less than the usual, or recommended, price
verb
noun
verb
- obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
- be worth or be capable of buying
- acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange
- accept as true
- make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
- (transitive, ditransitive) To obtain, especially by some sacrifice.
- (transitive) To bribe.
- (transitive, informal) to accept as true; to believe
- (intransitive) To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a drink, meal or gift)
- (transitive, ditransitive) To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.
- (poker slang, transitive) To make a bluff, usually a large one.
- (transitive) To be equivalent to in value.
noun
- an advantageous purchase
- a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)
- (computing) A policy in database systems that a database follows which allows a transaction to be written on nonvolatile storage before its commit occurs.
- (curling) Scoring in an end without the hammer.
- (slang, figurative) A piece of merchandise available at a very low, attractive price; the act of buying it.
- (basketball, ice hockey) A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team.
- (baseball) A stolen base.
- The act of stealing.
verb
- steal a base
- move stealthily
- take without the owner's consent
- (transitive) To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.
- (transitive) To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
- (transitive) To convey (something) clandestinely.
- (intransitive) To move silently or secretly.
- (transitive, baseball) To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the aid of a hit, walk, passed ball, wild pitch, or defensive indifference.
- (sports, transitive) To dispossess
- To withdraw or convey (oneself) clandestinely.
- (informal, transitive, humorous) To take or retell someone else’s joke; to use a clever phrase or expression from someone else in one's own speaking or writing.
- (transitive, informal, figurative) To acquire at a low price.
- (transitive, of ideas, words, music, a look, credit, etc.) To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.
- (informal, transitive, hyperbolic) To borrow for a short moment.
- (transitive) To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.
noun
- the act of buying
- An act or process of making a purchase.
- (business, government) A complex, organized process in large organizations for obtaining goods that may include identification of requirements, approvals, supplier management, negotiation, receipt of goods, and payment.
- A part of an organization that manages such processes
verb
noun
- a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later
- a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
- a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met
- the natural process of laying down a deposit of something
- the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating
- money deposited in a bank or some similar institution
- money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use
- matter that has been deposited by some natural process
- the act of putting something somewhere
- (law) Bailment of personal property to be kept gratuitously for the bailor (depositor) and without any benefit to the bailee (depositary), e.g. for storage, carriage, repair, etc.
- (geology) Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
- A place of deposit; a depository.
- (banking) Money placed in a bank account, as for safekeeping or to earn interest.
- A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit
- Anything left behind on a surface.
- (finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.
verb
- put into a bank account
- put, fix, force, or implant
- put (something somewhere) firmly
- (transitive) To put money or funds into an account.
- To lay aside; to rid oneself of.
- To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.
- To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.
- (transitive) To lay down; to place; to put.
noun
- a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later
- (law, finance) A payment representing a fraction of the price of something being purchased, made to secure the right to continue making payments towards that purchase.
- (by extension) Any initial commitment signifying an intention to carry out a larger future commitment, even though no legal rights or obligations are secured.
noun
- a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
- an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
- an attempt to get something
- An attempt, effort, or pursuit (of a goal).
- (ultimate frisbee) A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass.
- (trucking) A particular route that a driver regularly takes from their domicile.
- (prison slang) A prison sentence.
- An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work.
verb
- ask for or request earnestly
- make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
- ask someone in a friendly way to do something
- propose a payment
- make a serious effort to attain something
- invoke upon
- (transitive) To offer as a price; to tender.
- (transitive, intransitive, trucking) To take a particular route regularly.
- (ambitransitive, card games) To announce (one's goal), before starting play.
- (intransitive) To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.
- (transitive) To utter a greeting or salutation.
- (transitive) To issue a command; to tell.
- (transitive) To invite; to summon.
- (intransitive) To make an attempt.
noun
- a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
- something that can be used as an official medium of payment
- car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
- a boat for communication between ship and shore
- someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
- ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
- Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.
- (nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
- Ellipsis of water tender (“firefighting apparatus”).
- (archaic outside certain compounds) Someone who tends or waits on something or someone.
- The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.
- (rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
- A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
- Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.
- (diving) A member of a diving team who assists a diver during a dive but does not themselves go underwater.
- (nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
- (law) A formal offer to buy or sell something.
adj
- easy to cut or chew
- given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
- hurting
- young and immature
- (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
- (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition
- having or displaying warmth or affection
- physically untoughened
- Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
- Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
- Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet.
- Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
- Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
- (of food) Soft and easily chewed.
- Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
- Young and inexperienced.
- (nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
- Sensitive or painful to the touch.
verb
adv
noun
noun
noun
- The act of installing; installation.
- (banking, finance) Any of a series of portions of a debt or sum of money, which portions may or may not be equal in amount (depending in part on whether the interest rate is fixed or variable), and payment of which takes place at regular intervals toward satisfaction of the total. Payments are generally mensual, quarterly, triannual, biannual, or annual.
- (publishing, media) A part of a published or broadcast serial.
- One of a series of parts, whether equal or unequal to the other parts of the series, of a given entity or a given process, which part presents or is presented at a particular scheduled interval.
- the act of installing something (as equipment)
- a part of a published serial
- a part of a broadcast serial
- a payment of part of a debt; usually paid at regular intervals
noun
- the amount of money needed to purchase something
- the act of damaging something or someone
- any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right
- loss of military equipment
- the occurrence of a change for the worse
- Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
- (slang) Cost or expense.
verb
noun
- the amount of money needed to purchase something
- cost of bribing someone
- value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
- the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
- a monetary reward for helping to catch a criminal
- the high value or worth of something
- The cost required to gain possession of something.
- Value; estimation; excellence; worth.
- The cost of an action or deed.
verb
noun
noun
- A price tag.
- A wooden strip placed between courses of lumber to allow air circulation and to create a gap so the unit can be picked up with a forklift (also kiln sticker).
- (US, politics) A paster.
- (music) A small wooden rod in an organ which connects (in part) a key and a pallet, so as to communicate motion by pushing.
- (Internet) A cartoonish illustration of a character that represents an emotion or action, often accompanied by text, that may be superimposed on a digital image.
- An adhesive label or decal.
- A brand, label, or company, especially one making and distributing records.
- (military slang, World War I– World War II, if not earlier) A bayonet.
- One who sticks to something, or does not give up; a stayer.
- (by extension) The listed price (also sticker price).
- Something or someone that sticks (pierces, or adheres).
- (informal) A burr or seed pod that catches in fur or clothing.
- a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing
- a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- an adhesive label
verb
noun
- The provision of a loan, payment instalment terms, or similar arrangement, to enable a customer to purchase an item without paying the full amount straight away.
- The science of management of money and other assets.
- (usually in the plural) Monetary resources, especially those of a public entity or a company.
- The management of money and other assets.
- the management of money and credit and banking and investments
- the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
- the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
verb
noun
- (finance) Initialism of purchase and sale agreement.
- (medicine, immunology) Initialism of prostate-specific antigen.
- Initialism of polysialic acid.
- Initialism of public safety announcement.
- Initialism of pressure swing adsorption.
- Initialism of pressure-sensitive adhesive.
- Initialism of public service announcement.
- a protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; PSA is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely; elevated levels of PSA in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer
name
noun
- (business) Initialism of purchase requisition.
- (sports) Initialism of Paralympic record.
- Initialism of Puerto Rican.
- Initialism of public relations.
- (sports) Initialism of personal record.
- (medicine) A PR interval.
- Initialism of personal representative.
- (tennis) Initialism of protected ranking.
- (software engineering) Initialism of pull request.
- (medicine) Initialism of partial response.
- (hematology) Initialism of prothrombin ratio.
- Initialism of proportional representation.
- (electronics) Abbreviation of preset.
- Initialism of permanent residence.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of progesterone receptor.
- Initialism of police report.
- Initialism of personal recognizance (bond).
- a promotion intended to create goodwill for a person or institution
adv
name
verb
noun
- a contract in which you agree to purchase all your requirements of a particular sort from one party
- (law) An agreement in which in which one party agrees to supply as much of a good or service as is required by the other party, and in exchange the other party expressly or implicitly promises that it will obtain its goods or services exclusively from the first party.
noun
- Sale of something previously bought.
- (law) The sale by the original seller to another purchaser of goods due to non-payment by original purchaser, often with the original purchaser liable for any shortfall between the original sale price and the price realized by the original seller.
- the selling of something purchased
noun
- an option to sell
- the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
- (business, finance) An option to sell a stated quantity of an asset or financial product, such as stock, at a stated price (the strike price), on a stated future date (or range of dates).
noun
- (finance) Initialism of personal contract purchase.
- (medicine) Abbreviation of pneumocystis pneumonia.
- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of pentachlorophenol.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of peptidyl carrier protein.
- (healthcare) Initialism of primary care practitioner (who may be a physician, a physician assistant, or a nurse practitioner).
- (chemistry) Abbreviation of phenylcyclohexylpiperidine, an alternative name for phencyclidine.
- (psychology) Initialism of personal construct psychology.
- (mathematics) Initialism of probabilistically checkable proof.
- (healthcare) Initialism of primary care physician.
- a drug used as an anesthetic by veterinarians; illicitly taken (originally in the form of powder or ‘dust’) for its effects as a hallucinogen
- a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability
name
noun
- A fee charged to cover the costs of packaging.
- Material used to wrap a product for sale etc.; packaging.
- The gathering of birds, animals etc. into a pack.
- (rugby) The forming of players into a scrum.
- (sciences, mathematics) The spatial arrangement of objects, items or constituent parts.
- Special material used to fill containers or vessels for certain chemically related applications.
- The action of putting things together, especially of putting clothes into a suitcase for a journey.
- Material used to fill in the space around something, especially to make a piston etc. watertight or airtight.
- Clipping of meatpacking.
- any material used especially to protect something
- the enclosure of something in a package or box
- carrying something in a pack on the back
verb
noun
- (rare) A refund; reimbursement.
- A return on investment.
- (countable) A benefit, reward, a form of recompense.
- (uncountable) An act of revenge.
- financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment)
- the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
verb
verb
- purchase
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- receive as a retribution or punishment
- receive a specified treatment (abstract)
- achieve a point or goal
- suffer from the receipt of
- evoke an emotional response
- irritate
- cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
- take vengeance on or get even
- acquire as a result of some effort or action
- perceive by hearing
- give certain properties to something
- overcome or destroy
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- make (offspring) by reproduction
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- move into a desired direction of discourse
- attract and fix
- come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
- go or come after and bring or take back
- enter or assume a certain state or condition
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone
- reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
- reach and board
- reach by calculation
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- (transitive, informal) To understand. (compare get it)
- (impersonal, informal) Used with a pronoun subject, usually you but sometimes one, to indicate that the object of the verb exists, can occur or is otherwise typical.
- (transitive) To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
- (imperative, informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
- (intransitive, with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).
- (transitive) To getter.
- (transitive) To cause to do.
- (transitive) To find as an answer.
- (transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
- (transitive, informal) To catch out, trick successfully.
- (transitive, informal) To perplex, stump.
- (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution.
- (intransitive, catenative) (with full infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).
- (transitive) To cause to come or go or move.
- (copulative, rather informal, followed by an adjective) To become, or cause oneself to become (often with temporary states, past participle adjectives and comparatives).
- (transitive) To hear completely; catch.
- (transitive) To receive.
- (transitive) To cause someone to laugh.
- (transitive) To measure.
- (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
- (intransitive, catenative) (with full infinitive or gerund-participle) To begin (doing something or to do something).
- (transitive, informal) To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
- (transitive) To fetch, bring, take.
- (intransitive, informal, chiefly imperative) To go, to leave; to scram.
- (transitive) To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
- (auxiliary, informal) Used with the past participle to form the dynamic passive voice of a dynamic verb. Compared with static passive with to be, this emphasizes the commencement of an action or entry into a state.
- (transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.
- (transitive) To become ill with or catch (a disease).
- (euphemistic) To kill.
- (transitive) To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
noun
- a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
- (informal) Something gotten, something gained or won; an acquisition.
- (sports, tennis) A difficult return or block of a shot.
- (Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.
- (UK, Ireland, regional) Synonym of git (“contemptible person”).
- Lineage.
- (Internet slang) A message or post on an online platform, particularly imageboards, with a unique identifier deemed special or rare, usually due to patterns in the ID.
verb
noun
- (law, uncountable) The acquiring or retention of a nationality through personal choice as a right, bypassing selective legal mechanisms for naturalization, especially in cases where a territory is transferred or passed on from one state to another.
- The freedom or right to choose.
- (finance, law) A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price; can apply to financial market transactions, or to ordinary transactions for tangible assets such as a residence or automobile.
- One of a set of choices that can be made.
- one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
- the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited
- the act of choosing or selecting
verb
noun
verb
- buy, select
- admit into a group or community
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- assume, as of positions or roles
- take somebody somewhere
- experience or feel or submit to
- develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation
- receive or obtain regularly
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- proceed along in a vehicle
- be a student of a certain subject
- be seized or affected in a specified way
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- get into one's hands, take physically
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
- be designed to hold or take
- take into one's possession
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- require (time or space)
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- obtain by winning
- lay claim to; as of an idea
- occupy or take on
- require as useful, just, or proper
- head into a specified direction
- make a film or photograph of something
- to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
- receive willingly something given or offered
- carry out
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- engage for service under a term of contract
- conquer by force
- have sex with; archaic use
- be capable of holding or containing
- (transitive, cricket) To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
- (transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
- (of a plant, etc.) To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
- (transitive) To bind oneself by.
- (transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- (transitive) To avail oneself of; to exploit.
- (transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- (transitive) To experience or feel.
- (transitive) To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
- (reflexive) To go.
- (transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- (transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
- (transitive) To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
- (transitive) To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc.).
- (transitive) To assume (a form).
- (transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- (transitive) To fill or require: to last or expend (an amount of time).
- (transitive) To exact.
- (transitive) To proceed to fill.
- (transitive) To accept and follow (advice, etc.).
- (transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- (transitive, mathematics, computing) To accept (zero or more arguments).
- (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- (of ink, dye, etc.) To adhere or be absorbed properly.
- (transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
- (transitive) To go into, through, or along.
- (transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
- (transitive) To seize or capture.
- (transitive) To participate in.
- (transitive) To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
- (transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
- (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
- (transitive) To perform (a role).
- (transitive) To receive into some relationship.
- (transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc.).
- (transitive) To receive (medicine or drugs) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
- (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- (transitive) To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
- (intransitive, copulative) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- (transitive, of a material) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc.); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc.).
- (transitive) To accept, be given (rightly or wrongly), or assume (especially as if by right).
- (transitive) To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
- (transitive, especially of a vehicle) To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
- (transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
- (transitive) To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
- (transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- (of a mechanical device) To catch; to engage.
- (transitive) To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
- (transitive, of a path, road, etc.) To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
- (transitive, grammar) To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc.).
- (transitive) To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
- (transitive) To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
- (transitive) To have sex with.
- (transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- (transitive) To remove or end by death; to kill.
- (transitive) To subtract.
- Used in phrasal verbs: take in, take off, take on, take out, take to, take something to, take up.
- (transitive) To go or move into.
- (transitive) To fill, occupy, require, or use up (space).
- (transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
- (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
- (transitive) To remove.
- (transitive) To require (a person, resource or thing in order to achieve an outcome).
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- (transitive) To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
- (transitive) To deal with.
- (transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- (transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- (transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- (transitive, Greece, Cyprus, informal) To buy.
- (intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
- (transitive, intransitive, law) To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
- (transitive) To regard in a specified way.
- (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- (transitive) To escort or conduct (a person).
- (transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
- (transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- (transitive) To have and use one's recourse to.
- (transitive) To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
noun
- the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits; takings.
- (medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
- (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- (rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
- (printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
- The or an act of taking.
- An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
- The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
noun
- the amount of money needed to purchase something
- cost of bribing someone
- value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
- the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
- a monetary reward for helping to catch a criminal
- the high value or worth of something
- The cost required to gain possession of something.
- Value; estimation; excellence; worth.
- The cost of an action or deed.
verb
verb
noun
noun
- the acquisition of something for payment
- something acquired by purchase
- the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
- a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage
- (uncountable, also figuratively) Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan.
- The apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained and (in nautical terminology) the ratio of such a device, like a pulley, or block and tackle.
- That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
- The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
- (climbing, uncountable) The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
- A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.
- That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
verb
- obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
- To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
- To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.
- To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
- To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
- To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; to raise or move by mechanical means.
- To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
- To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
noun
verb
- obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
- be worth or be capable of buying
- acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange
- accept as true
- make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
- (transitive, ditransitive) To obtain, especially by some sacrifice.
- (transitive) To bribe.
- (transitive, informal) to accept as true; to believe
- (intransitive) To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a drink, meal or gift)
- (transitive, ditransitive) To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.
- (poker slang, transitive) To make a bluff, usually a large one.
- (transitive) To be equivalent to in value.
adv
- As a down payment.
- At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- Away from the city (regardless of direction).
- (crosswords, in relation to a numbered clued word) In a downwards direction; vertically.
- To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
- (sentence substitute, imperative) Get down.
- Forward, straight ahead.
- On paper (or in a durable record).
- To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
- So as to be cowed into silence.
- Into a state of non-operation.
- (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
- From less to greater detail.
- Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, permanence, or success rather than being of indefinite duration.
- (comparable) At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
- To or towards what is considered the bottom of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically lower.
- So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.
- (sports) Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
- From a remoter or higher antiquity.
- (rail transport) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- So as to reduce size, weight or volume.
- So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.
- away from a more central or a more northerly place
- from an earlier time
- in an inactive or inoperative state
- to a lower intensity
- spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
- paid in cash at time of purchase
adj
- (baseball, cricket, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.
- (not comparable, military, law enforcement, slang, of a person) Wounded and unable to move normally, or killed.
- (not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
- Having a lower score than an opponent.
- (veterinary medicine, of a cow) Stranded in a recumbent position; unable to stand.
- (rail transport, of a train) Travelling in the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
- (normally in the combination 'down with') Sick or ill.
- (informal) Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
- (slang) In prison.
- (of a tree, limb, etc) Fallen or felled.
- At a lower level than before.
- (colloquial, with "on") Negative about; hostile to.
- (Canada, US, slang) Comfortable [with]; accepting [of]; okay [with].
- Facing downwards.
- Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)
- (not comparable, military, aviation, slang, of an aircraft) Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.
- being put out in a game of baseball
- lower than previously
- extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
- filled with melancholy and despondency
- understood perfectly
- becoming progressively lower
- shut
- not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
- being or moving lower in position or less in some value
noun
- Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
- The lightest quark with a charge number of −¹⁄₃.
- (usually in the plural) A field, especially one used for horse racing.
- (UK, chiefly in the plural) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.
- (gambling) The shift or period of time during which a dealer manages a given table before rotating to the next table at a casino or cardroom, which is often 30 minutes.
- (American football) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.
- A downstairs room of a two-story house.
- The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
- A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.
- That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
- (especially Southern England, also Australia, often plural, often in place names) A hill; in England, especially a chalk hill.
- (crosswording) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
- (botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
- Down payment.
- A downer, depressant.
- An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
- fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
- soft fine feathers
- (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
- (American football) a complete play to advance the football
prep
- From one end to another of (in any direction); along.
- Towards the mouth of (a river); in the direction of flow of.
- (UK, Ireland) To (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From north to south of.
- (UK, Ireland) At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From the higher end to the lower of.
verb
- (transitive, golf, pocket billiards) To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.
- (transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
- (transitive, colloquial) To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
- (transitive) Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.).
- (transitive, colloquial) To disparage; to put down.
- (transitive, American football, Canadian football) To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.
- (transitive, figurative) To defeat; to overpower.
- (transitive) To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
- (transitive) To lower; to put (something) down.
- eat up completely, as with great appetite
- shoot at and force to come down
- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
- bring down or defeat (an opponent)
- drink down entirely
- cause to come or go down