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  • 21Sunk — Sink Sink (s[i^][ng]k), v. i. [imp. {Sunk} (s[u^][ng]k), or ({Sank} (s[a^][ng]k)); p. p. {Sunk} (obs. {Sunken}, now used as adj.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sinking}.] [OE. sinken, AS. sincan; akin to D. zinken, OS. sincan, G. sinken, Icel. s[ o]kkva, Dan …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 22Sunk — Sink Sink (s[i^][ng]k), v. i. [imp. {Sunk} (s[u^][ng]k), or ({Sank} (s[a^][ng]k)); p. p. {Sunk} (obs. {Sunken}, now used as adj.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sinking}.] [OE. sinken, AS. sincan; akin to D. zinken, OS. sincan, G. sinken, Icel. s[ o]kkva, Dan …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 23Sunk 500 — Infobox Album | Name = Sunk 500 Type = studio Artist = LOK Released = 2000 Recorded = Genre = Hardcore Length = 37:53 Label = Producer = Last album = Naken, blästrad och skitsur (1999) This album = Sunk 500 (2000) Next album = Ut ur discot och in …

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  • 24Sunk Cost — A cost that has already been incurred and thus cannot be recovered. A sunk cost differs from other, future costs that a business may face, such as inventory costs or R D expenses, because it has already happened. Sunks costs are independent of… …

    Investment dictionary

  • 25sunk — [[t]sʌ̱ŋk[/t]] 1) Sunk is the past participle of sink. 2) ADJ: v link ADJ If you say that someone is sunk, you mean that they have no hope of avoiding trouble or failure. [INFORMAL] Without him we d be well and truly sunk …

    English dictionary

  • 26sunk — coun·ter·sunk; sunk; sunk·en; …

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  • 27sunk gillnet — set gillnet (a gill net fixed to the bottom or a distance above it by anchors or ballast. Also called anchor net, straight net, sunk gillnet, sunken gill net, sunk net) …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 28sunk cost — An unavoidable item of expenditure incurred because of a past decision. In contrast to an *avoidable cost, a sunk cost cannot be changed by a further decision (without avoiding penalties). For example, an organization that enters a binding… …

    Auditor's dictionary

  • 29sunk fence — noun a ditch with one side being a retaining wall; used to divide lands without defacing the landscape • Syn: ↑ha ha, ↑haw haw • Hypernyms: ↑ditch * * * noun : a ditch with a retaining wall used to divide lands without defacing a landscape called …

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  • 30sunk — /sungk/, v. 1. a pt. and pp. of sink. adj. 2. Informal. beyond help; done for; washed up: If they catch you cheating, you re really sunk. 3. Naut. (of a forecastle or poop) raised less than a full deck above the weather deck of a ship. [1925 30… …

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