BAKER’S DOZEN

Meaning of BAKER’S DOZEN in English

a phrase meaning 13. It comes from the fact that in the past people who sold bread always added an extra loaf when somebody ordered a dozen (= 12) loaves, in case they might be punished for supplying too few.

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DOZEN — dozene, deciduene
English interlingue dictionary
DOZEN — napulog duha
English-Visayan vocabulary
DOZEN — I. ˈdəz ə n noun ( plural dozens or dozen ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English dozeine, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOZEN — (pl. ) of Dozen
Английский словарь Webster
DOZEN — ( pl. ) of Dozen
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DOZEN — dozen 1 /duz"euhn/ , n. , pl. dozens , ( as after a numeral ) dozen , adj. n. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOZEN — noun ( plural dozens or dozen ) Etymology: Middle English dozeine, from Anglo-French duzeine, dozeyne, from duze twelve, from Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOZEN — pl of dozen. 2. dozen ·noun an indefinite small number. 3. dozen ·noun a collection of twelve objects; a tale …
Webster English vocab
DOZEN — [doz.en] n, pl dozens or dozen [ME dozeine, fr. MF dozaine, fr. doze twelve, fr. L duodecim, fr. duo two …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DOZEN — dozen BrE AmE ˈdʌz ə n ▷ dozen|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DOZEN — / ˈdʌzn; NAmE / noun , determiner ( pl. dozen ) 1. [ C ] ( abbr. doz. ) a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOZEN — doz ‧ en S2 W3 /ˈdʌz ə n/ BrE AmE number ( plural dozen or dozens ) ( written abbreviation …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOZEN — n. 1 (prec. by a or a number) (pl. dozen) twelve, regarded collectively (a dozen eggs; two dozen packets; ordered …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOZEN — n. 1 (prec. by a or a number) (pl. dozen) twelve, regarded collectively (a dozen eggs; two dozen packets; ordered …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOZEN — n.1 (prec. by a or a number) (pl. dozen) twelve, regarded collectively (a dozen eggs; two dozen packets; ordered three …
Oxford English vocab
DOZEN — ( dozens) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: The plural form is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOZEN — number COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a round hundred/dozen etc (= a complete hundred etc ) baker's dozen PHRASES FROM OTHER …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOZEN — [noun] [C], [determiner] - twelvea dozen eggsCould you get me half a dozen (= six) eggs when you go to …
Cambridge English vocab
DOZEN — Synonyms and related words : L, Sexagesima, boxcar, boxcars, duodecimo, eighty, eleven, fifteen, fifty, five and twenty, fortnight, forty, four …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOZEN — See: BY THE DOZEN, DAILY DOZEN, DIME A DOZEN, SIX OF ONE AND HALF-A-DOZEN OF THE OTHER.
Slang English vocab
DOZEN — See: BY THE DOZEN, DAILY DOZEN, DIME A DOZEN, SIX OF ONE AND HALF-A-DOZEN OF THE OTHER.
Словарь английских идиом
DOZEN — I сущ. 1) дюжина even dozen, round dozen ≈ ровно дюжина by the dozen, in dozens ≈ дюжинами 2) мн. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BAKER’S — Печь
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
DOZEN — dozen.ogg ʹdʌz(ə)n n 1. дюжина round dozen - ровно дюжина in dozens, by the dozen - дюжинами a dozen spoons …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DOZEN — n 1. дюжина round dozen - ровно дюжина in dozens, by the dozen - дюжинами a dozen spoons - дюжина …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DOZEN — I ˈdʌz(ə)n сущ. 1) дюжина even dozen, round dozen — ровно дюжина by the dozen, in dozens — дюжинами 2) …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DOZEN — I ['¬…Є(†)] dozen.wav сущ. 1) дюжина even dozen, round dozen — ровно дюжина by the dozen, in dozens — дюжинами 2) мн. масса, множество dozens of …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DOZEN — _n. 1> дюжина - by the dozen 2> _pl. множество, масса; to talk nineteen to the dozen - говорить без …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
DOZEN — n. 1. дюжина - by the dozen 2. pl. множество, масса; to talk nineteen to the dozen - говорить без …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
DOZEN — сущ. дюжина - by the dozen - in dozens
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
DOZEN — _n. 1> дюжина; by the dozen дюжинами 2> _pl. множество, масса; baker's (или printer's, devil's, long) dozen чёртова дюжина; daily …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
DOZEN — I сущ. 1) дюжина even dozen, round dozen ≈ ровно дюжина by the dozen, in dozens ≈ дюжинами 2) мн. …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
A BAKER’S DOZEN — ➡ baker’s dozen
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
BAKER’S CHOCOLATE — n [ U ] a US make of chocolate mostly used for making cakes and sweets/candy. It is not very …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
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Longman Activator English vocab
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BEGINNING — INDEX: 1. the beginning of something 2. at the beginning 3. done or happening at the beginning 4. the time …
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PILLSBURY — a US company that sells a range of biscuits, bread and other baked products. It is known especially for using …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary

Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary

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