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81carve-out — n. The process of setting up a portion of a corporation as a separate business and selling some of its shares in an initial public offering. (Also: the business so formed.) Example Citation: In a pure spinoff, a parent company distributes 100… …
82Drop Out — F/A/V Loss of a portion of a signal, usually due to a loss of a tape s oxide coating or due to dirt or grease covering a portion of a tape …
83eat someone out of house and home — verb To consume such a portion of ones store of food that little is left for the owner. He hath eaten me out of house and home; he hath put all my substance See Also: out of house and home …
84Time out of mind — Time Time, n.; pl. {Times}. [OE. time, AS. t[=i]ma, akin to t[=i]d time, and to Icel. t[=i]mi, Dan. time an hour, Sw. timme. [root]58. See {Tide}, n.] 1. Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms… …
85weigh something out — measure and take out a portion of a particular weight. → weigh …
86peak-to-peak lateral wheel run-out — the difference between maxi mum and minimum indicator readings, measured parallel to the spin axis on the inside vertical portion of a rim flange (measured separately for each flange) …
87wax (out/up) — vb Australian to share. The verb, heard in the early 1990s, probably derives from the notion of whack, meaning a portion or share. A synonym is whack up …
88knock-out tag — n. the portion of a key bow where a code number may be stamped and which is designed to be removed from the bow prior to normal usage …
89SUCCESSION — SUCCESSION, devolution of the deceased person s property on his legal heirs. Order of Succession The Pentateuchal source of the order of succession is If a man die and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.… …
90share — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. portion, part, allotment, quota, dole, cut (sl.). v. apportion, allot, assign, mete; partake, participate. See apportionment. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. division, apportionment, part, portion, quota,… …
