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  • 81drop — /drɒp/ noun a fall ● a drop in sales ● Sales show a drop of 10%. ● The drop in prices resulted in no significant increase in sales. ■ verb 1. to fall ● Sales have dropped by 10% or have dropped 10%. ● The pound dropped three points against the… …

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  • 82drop — /drɒp/ noun a fall ● a drop in sales ● Sales show a drop of 10%. ● The drop in prices resulted in no significant increase in sales. ■ verb to fall ● Sales have dropped by 10% or have dropped 10%. ● The pound dropped three points against the… …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 83drop — Gutta Gut ta, n.; pl. {Gutt[AE]}. [L.] 1. A drop. [1913 Webster] 2. (Arch.) One of a series of ornaments, in the form of a frustum of a cone, attached to the lower part of the triglyphs, and also to the lower faces of the mutules, in the Doric… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 84drop in — 1. noun a) One who arrives unannounced or without an appointment. The office was efficient, but not well equipped to handle drop ins. b) the act of dropping in (see verb below). Often hyphenated drop in. 2005: Drop ins can and do happen by… …

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  • 85drop — [OE] Drop, droop, and drip are closely related. Droop [13] was borrowed from Old Norse drūpa, which came from a Germanic base *drūp . A variant of this, *drup , produced Middle Danish drippe, the probable source of English drip [15], and a… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 86drop — I v To kill. Don t move or I ll drop you in your tracks. 1940s II v To knock down. Say another word and I ll drop you. 1930s III v To take drugs. Are you going to drop that pill or not? 1960s …

    Historical dictionary of American slang

  • 87drop by — PHRASAL VERB If you drop by, you visit someone informally. [V P] She and Danny will drop by later... [V P n] He tried to drop by the office of the guy in charge of marketing …

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  • 88drop in — PHRASAL VERB If you drop in on someone, you visit them informally, usually without having arranged it. [V P] Whenever I m up there I always drop in... [V P] Why not drop in for a chat?... [V P on n] She spent most of the day dropping in on… …

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  • 89drop-in — /ˈdrɒp ɪn/ (say drop in) noun 1. Skateboarding a manoeuvre in which the rider enters a ramp from the top. 2. Colloquial a person who arrives to visit unexpectedly. {derived from phrasal verb drop in. See drop (def. 58) …

  • 90drop — [OE] Drop, droop, and drip are closely related. Droop [13] was borrowed from Old Norse drūpa, which came from a Germanic base *drūp . A variant of this, *drup , produced Middle Danish drippe, the probable source of English drip [15], and a… …

    Word origins