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Five-and-dime, dime store, a store selling cheap merchandise; a dime a dozen, so abundant as to be worth little (UK: ten a penny); on a dime, in a small space ("turn on a dime", UK: turn on a sixpence) or immediately ("stop on a dime", UK: stop on a sixpence); nickel-and-dime, originally an adjective meaning "involving small amounts of money ...
the use of debt finance (UK: gearing)* knowledge not immediately revealed to be used to one's advantage * liberal (politics) a person who generally supports the ideas of the UK Liberal Democrats, a centre-left party a person who holds the political ideals of Liberalism.
Founding fathers. While the term "founding fathers" may seem to predate American politics, it was only invoked for the first time in 1916 by then-Sen. Warren G. Harding during the Republican ...
(Uncommon slang; proper n.) A term of informal address used with male strangers; [1] [2] generally implies more unfriendliness or disapproval than the more neutral 'pal' or 'buddy': "Get your car out of my way, Mac!" UK generally 'mate'.
a portrait created from photograph samples of facial features, relying on the accounts of witnesses of a criminal suspect, for the purpose of appealing to the public in the attempt to identify the suspect (trademark) [138] (no direct US equivalent but similar identikit and generic facial composite used in US and UK) pikey a pejorative slang ...
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List of words having different meanings in American and British English (A–L) List of words having different meanings in American and British English (M–Z) Glossary of American terms not widely used in the United Kingdom; Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States
This page should be moved to List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom or perhaps List of American words not widely used in Britain. Great Britain is an island, not a nation. In fact, the article's (correct) opening sentence contradicts the title: This is a list of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom.