Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
Jettison — may refer to: * A verb meaning to or eject from a ship, aircraft or vehicle; or discard or abandon; see marine debris * Jettison (record label), a Chicago based indie record label * Jettison (band), a punk band from the 1980s * Jettison (book), a … Wikipedia
jettison — jet‧ti‧son [ˈdʒetsn, zn] verb [transitive] to get rid of something quickly or completely because it is not good enough: • Some Wall Street firms will jettison unprofitable businesses. * * * jettison UK US /ˈdʒetɪsən/ verb [T] ► to get rid of… … Financial and business terms
jettison — (v.) 1848, from jettison (n.) act of throwing overboard to lighten a ship. This noun was an 18c. Marine Insurance writers restoration of the earlier form and original sense of the 15c. word that had become JETSAM (Cf. jetsam), probably because… … Etymology dictionary
Jettison — Jet ti*son n. [See {Jetsam}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Mar. Law) The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck. [1913 Webster] 2. See {Jetsam}, 1. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
jettison — in current use is a verb meaning ‘to discard’ and refers to physical things as well as abstract (e.g. ideas). Its origins are as a noun in maritime law, meaning ‘the action of throwing goods overboard, especially to lighten a ship in distress’.… … Modern English usage
jettison — [v] eject; throw overboard abandon, abdicate, cashier*, cast, cast off, deep six*, discard, dump, expel, heave, hurl, junk*, maroon, reject, scrap*, shed, slough, throw away, unload*; concepts 180,222 Ant. take in, take on … New thesaurus
jettison — ► VERB 1) throw or drop from an aircraft or ship. 2) abandon or discard. ORIGIN Old French getaison, from Latin jacere to throw … English terms dictionary
jettison — [jet′ə sən, jet′əzən] n. [ME jetteson < Anglo Fr getteson < OFr getaison, a throwing, jetsam < L jactatio, a throwing < jactare, to throw: see JET1] 1. a throwing overboard of goods to lighten a ship, airplane, etc. in an emergency 2 … English World dictionary
jettison — UK [ˈdʒetɪs(ə)n] / US verb [transitive] Word forms jettison : present tense I/you/we/they jettison he/she/it jettisons present participle jettisoning past tense jettisoned past participle jettisoned 1) to get rid of something that is not useful… … English dictionary
jettison — I. noun Etymology: Middle English jetteson, from Anglo French geteson, literally, action of throwing, from Latin jactation , jactatio, from jactare more at jet Date: 15th century a voluntary sacrifice of cargo to lighten a ship s load in time of… … New Collegiate Dictionary
