Used Definition–adjective | 1. | previously used or owned; secondhand: a used car. | | 2. | showing wear or being worn out. | | 3. | employed for a purpose; utilized. | —Idiom | 4. | used to, accustomed or habituated to: I'm not used to cold weather. They weren't used to getting up so early. | |
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Car Definition–noun | 2. | a vehicle running on rails, as a streetcar or railroad car. | | 3. | the part of an elevator, balloon, modern airship, etc., that carries the passengers, freight, etc. | | 4. | British Dialect. any wheeled vehicle, as a farm cart or wagon. | | 5. | Literary. a chariot, as of war or triumph. | | 6. | Archaic. cart; carriage. | |
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Price Definition–noun | 1. | the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale. | | 2. | a sum offered for the capture of a person alive or dead: The authorities put a price on his head. | | 3. | the sum of money, or other consideration, for which a person's support, consent, etc., may be obtained, esp. in cases involving sacrifice of integrity: They claime
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d that every politician has a price. | | 4. | that which must be given, done, or undergone in order to obtain a thing: He gained the victory, but at a heavy price. | | 6. | Archaic. value or worth. | | 7. | Archaic. great value or worth (usually prec. by of). | –verb (used with object) | 9. | to ask or determine the price of: We spent the day pricing furniture at various stores. | —Idioms | 10. | at any price, at any cost, no matter how great: Their orders were to capture the town at any price. | | 11. | beyond or without price, of incalculable value; priceless: The crown jewels are beyond price. | |
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Quote Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc. | | 2. | to repeat words from (a book, author, etc.). | | 3. | to use a brief excerpt from: The composer quotes Beethoven's Fifth in his latest work. | | 4. | to cite, offer, or bring forward as evidence or support. | | 5. | to enclose (words) within quotation marks. | | 6. | Commerce. | b. | to state the current price of. | | –verb (used without object) | 7. | to make a quotation or quotations, as from a book or author. | | 8. | (used by a speaker to indicate the beginning of a quotation.) | –noun —Idiom | 11. | quote unquote, so called; so to speak; as it were: If you're a liberal, quote unquote, they're suspicious of you. | |
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