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11stagger — The schedule of months in which quarterly returns for VAT and Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) are due. Traders registered for VAT and IPT are generally required to submit returns every quarter. For administrative purposes, the dates on which returns… …
12stagger — staggerer, n. /stag euhr/, v.i. 1. to walk, move, or stand unsteadily. 2. to falter or begin to give way, as in an argument or fight. 3. to waver or begin to doubt, as in purpose or opinion; hesitate: After staggering momentarily, he recognized… …
13stagger — stag|ger1 [ˈstægə US ər] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: stacker to stagger (13 19 centuries), from Old Norse stakra, from staka to push ] 1.) [I always + adverb/preposition] to walk or move unsteadily, almost falling over = ↑stumble ▪ He managed to… …
14stagger — I UK [ˈstæɡə(r)] / US [ˈstæɡər] verb Word forms stagger : present tense I/you/we/they stagger he/she/it staggers present participle staggering past tense staggered past participle staggered * 1) [intransitive] to walk in an uncontrolled way, as… …
15stagger — stag|ger1 [ stægər ] verb * ▸ 1 walk in uncontrolled way ▸ 2 surprise and shock someone ▸ 3 arrange so not straight ▸ 4 arrange at various times ▸ 5 continue although hard 1. ) intransitive to walk in an uncontrolled way, as if you are going to… …
16stagger — i. The distance between the leading edge of the lower wing of the biplane and the projection of the leading edge of the upper wing onto the chord line of the lower plane. If the top wing is in advance of the lower, it is called positive stagger;… …
17stagger — [[t]stæ̱gə(r)[/t]] staggers, staggering, staggered 1) VERB If you stagger, you walk very unsteadily, for example because you are ill or drunk. [V adv/prep] He lost his balance, staggered back against the rail and toppled over... He was staggering …
18stagger — /ˈstægə / (say staguh) verb (i) 1. to walk, move, or stand unsteadily; sway. 2. to begin to doubt or waver, as in opinion; hesitate. –verb (t) 3. to cause to reel, totter, or become unsteady. 4. to shock; render helpless with amazement or the… …
19stagger — I. verb (staggered; staggering) Etymology: alteration of earlier stacker, from Middle English stakeren, from Old Norse stakra, frequentative of staka to push; perhaps akin to Old English staca stake more at stake Date: 15th century intransitive… …
20stagger — 1. noun a) An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing, as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion; vertigo; often in the plural; as, the stagger of a drunken man. b) A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling,… …
