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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 ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Glossary of American terms not widely used in the United Kingdom. ... in the UK and US.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Glossary of American terms not widely used in the United Kingdom. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States.
A contraction of shall not, considered archaic in American English (US and UK also: "won't"). [150] Rarely used in Scotland. shirtlifter homosexual. shite (vulgar) variant of shit [151] shopping trolley A cart supplied by a business for use by customers for transport of merchandise to the checkout counter during shopping. (US: shopping cart ...
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.
BBC Radio DJ Steve Lamacq leads call for government to increase support for struggling music sector in its autumn statement
better off than 'working class', but not rich, i.e., a narrower term than in the U.S. and often negative ordinary; not rich although not destitute, generally a positive term midway (adv.) in the centre of a line or period (n.) part of a fair in which there are games, rides, etc. [5] military: relating specifically to the British Army (dated)
"Let ring", meaning allow the sound to continue, do not damp; used frequently in harp or guitar music, occasionally in piano or percussion. Abbreviated "lasc. suon." leap or skip A melodic interval greater than a major 2nd, as opposed to a step. Melodies which move by a leap are called "disjunct". Octave leaps are not uncommon in florid vocal ...