double+meaning
91Double Majority — Md Meaning of the term attitude of public men towards, 78 79; leading plank in platform of the Macdonald Sicotte government, 89. B Origin and meaning of the principle, 82; advocated by John Sandfield Macdonald, 142; opposed by George Brown,… …
92double negative — noun Date: 1827 a now nonstandard syntactic construction containing two negatives and having a negative meaning < “I didn t hear nothing” is a double negative > …
93Double Dipping — For brokerage firms, when a broker puts commissioned products into a fee based account. The broker makes money from both the client and the commission. There is more than one meaning for the term depending on the context. For example, the… …
94double-talk — talk that appears to have meaning but does not He gave the audience a lot of double talk so nobody knew what he wanted to say …
95double negative — noun A phrase in which there are two negative words or their compounds (e.g. no, not, never, none, etc), occasionally leading to ambiguity in the meaning, but necessary in some foreign languages …
96double — Twofold; acting in two capacities or having two aspects; multiplied by two. This term has ordinarily the same meaning in law as in popular speech. The principal compound terms into which it enters are noted below …
97double — Twofold; acting in two capacities or having two aspects; multiplied by two. This term has ordinarily the same meaning in law as in popular speech. The principal compound terms into which it enters are noted below …
98double creditor — A term connected with marshaling assets, meaning a creditor who holds a lien upon two separate and distinct funds or securities. Newby v Norton, 90 Kan 317, 133 P 890 …
99double letter — A term of significance in communications of an older period, meaning a letter consisting of two sheets. Williams v Wells, Fargo & Co. Express (CA9 Ark) 177 F 352 …
100cross double fitch'e — Forked Forked, a. 1. Formed into a forklike shape; having a fork; dividing into two or more prongs or branches; furcated; bifurcated; zigzag; as, the forked lighting. [1913 Webster] A serpent seen, with forked tongue. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2.… …
