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When you swipe your card at the checkout line, you'll be asked if you want to pay by debit or credit.

to take money out of an account or keep a record of this: - The unauthorized borrowing fee will be debited to your account. We have debited your account $30.; I had lost the original invoice but I still had the debit receipt.

The account was in debit at the end of the month (= more money had been spent than was in the account at that time).;

I pay my electricity bill by direct debit.

a male pig with its sexual organs removed, kept for its meat

You've eaten it all? You hog! he never hogged the limelight

keep or use all of (something) for oneself in an unfair or selfish way.

Some women make a deliberate choice to rear a child alone. He describes how these birds rear their young.

The horse reared (up) (= suddenly rose onto its back legs) when it heard the gun shot. The lion slowly reared its head (= lifted it up) and looked around.

She's been in the limelight recently, following the release of her controversial new film.

The experimental car certainly stole the limelight at the motor show.

a vicious thug a vicious dog The few who disagreed became the targets of vicious written attacks on the Internet. He gave her a vicious look.

a large collection of vicious medieval torture instruments a vicious lie/accusation/rumour I have a vicious headache.

Some thugs smashed his windows.

Many people get caught/trapped in a vicious circle of dieting and weight gain.

In a kind of vicious circle, girls did not study science because other girls didn’t study science, even though they were good at it.

bring/file a suit They have brought a suit for damages against the company.

When one airline reduces its prices, the rest soon follow suit.

He follows most sports avidly. They followed her academic progress closely.; Do you follow football?

Your bank card will arrive first, and the PIN number will follow, in a separate envelope.

The company has an open door policy to mature entrants who have followed alternative career paths.

an avid football fan an avid supporter of the arts He took an avid interest in the project.

new entrants to the school/company

All entrants complete two three-hour papers.

As a recent entrant to the Japanese market, the company is at a disadvantage compared to Japanese suppliers.

entrant to sth We are proud of our record in attracting new entrants to our profession.

The call centre has an 80-strong workforce.

He came on strong in the early rounds to annihilate the competition.

Financial planning does not seem to be the strong suit of many consumers in the modern world.

A sale of the business in three parts is a strong possibility.

His gold signet ring bears a star, taken from his family's coat of arms.

America's national emblem, the bald eagle A dove is often used as an emblem of peace.

an object that is used to represent a particular person, group, or idea, or a picture of the object:

both sides armed themselves with grenades and machine guns

They have been charged with supplying arms to the guerrillas. An arms cache was discovered in South Wales. The minister has called on the terrorists to lay down their arms (= stop fighting)...

They are willing to take up arms (= prepare to fight) (against the government) if they have to

She armed herself for the interview by finding out all she could about the company in advance. I went to the meeting armed with the relevant facts and figures.

ARM loans

an arms cache a cache of explosives/weapons/drugs

Bonds are sold over the counter, with prices quoted privately to the client. Regulators declined permission for the remedy to be sold over the counter.

Pirate DVDs are available under the counter in pubs and clubs everywhere. under-the-counter deals

In Latin we learned how to decline nouns.

I invited him to the meeting but he declined.

You can buy most cold remedies over the counter. There is a whole panoply of remedies and drugs available to the modern doctor. Love is a great remedy for unhappiness.

a successful way of curing an illness or dealing with a problem or difficulty:

provide/seek/obtain (a) remedy The court has the power to provide a remedy by way of judicial review.

There is a whole panoply of remedies and drugs available to the modern doctor. a deliciously inventive panoply of insults

The rows of seats are laid out with a very steep rake.

a fashionable or wealthy man of dissolute or promiscuous habits.

He raked about in the drawer looking for his passport. I've raked through the cupboard but I can't find my blue mug.

I suppose I was quite promiscuous in my youth. It's a fallacy that gay men are more promiscuous than heterosexuals.

the notion that the camera never lies is a fallacy

an idea that a lot of people think is true but is in fact false:

He was involved in unsound banking practices.

(esp. of activities) not suitable or acceptable:

The bridge is one of several said to be structurally unsound.

The city has a large transient population (= many people who are living in it only temporarily).

a transient workforce/worker

a dissolute, drunken, disreputable rogue

showing a lack of good character and morals; immoral:

Security at the airport seemed lax. The subcommittee contends that the authorities were lax in investigating most of the cases.

promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters.

an unprincipled politician

he was heavy, grubby, and vaguely disreputable Some of the more disreputable newspapers made false claims about her private life. The information came from disreputable sources.

having a bad reputation; not approved of:

the grimy industrial city

the windows were thick with grime Wash off all the accumulated grime and dirt using water and detergent.

dirt ingrained on the surface of something.

his deeply ingrained Catholic convictions

the ingrained dirt on the flaking paintwork

she had a previous conviction for a similar offense

she takes pride in stating her political convictions

He said he was enjoying his new job, but his voice lacked conviction.