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Coupon. In marketing, a coupon is a ticket or document that can be redeemed for a financial discount or rebate when purchasing a product . Customarily, coupons are issued by manufacturers of consumer packaged goods [1] or by retailers, to be used in retail stores as a part of sales promotions. They are often widely distributed through mail ...
Chevaux de frise: sword blades chained together to incapacitate people trying to charge into a breach in the walls. Investment: surrounding an enemy fort (or town) with armed forces to prevent entry or escape. Military mining, undermining of defence positions either fortifications or enemy front line trenches (see also camouflet). Parallel trenches
The Oxford English Dictionary contains pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters). Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary does not contain antidisestablishmentarianism (28 letters), as the editors found no widespread, sustained usage of the word in its original meaning. The longest word in that dictionary is electroencephalographically (27 ...
Words with specific British English meanings that have different meanings in American and/or additional meanings common to both languages (e.g. pants, cot) are to be found at List of words having different meanings in American and British English. When such words are herein used or referenced, they are marked with the flag [DM] (different meaning).
Department of Transportation enforcement vehicle. Eaten by a bear. A truck driver caught by a police officer for speeding or some safety infraction. Evel Knievel. Police officer on a motorcycle (refers to the popular motorcycle stuntman ). Eye in The Sky. Police aircraft, airplane or helicopter. Flying doughnut.
The number of distinct senses that are listed in Wiktionary is shown in the polysemy column. For example, "out" can refer to an escape, a removal from play in baseball, or any of 36 other concepts. On average, each word in the list has 15.38 senses. The sense count does not include the use of terms in phrasal verbs such as "put out" (as in ...
Ketchili, from ketchup and sweet chili sauce [ 11] Kranch, from ketchup and ranch dressing [ 14] Lymon, from lime and lemon [ 15] Mayocue, from mayonnaise and barbecue [ 16][ 17][ 18] Mayomust, from mayonnaise and mustard [ 16][ 17][ 18] Mayoracha, from mayonnaise and sriracha [ 19] sconut, from scone and donut.
GP – Gross Profit. GPO – Group purchasing organization. GRN – Goods Receipt Note. GRNI – Goods Receipt Not Invoiced. GSV – Gross Sales Value. GVC – Global value chain. GMROII – Gross Margin Return on Inventory Investment. G&A – General and Administration expense. expenditures related to the day-to-day operations of a business.