DOUBLE OR QUITS (OR US NOTHING)

Meaning of DOUBLE OR QUITS (OR US NOTHING) in English

double or quits ( or US nothing)

a gamble to decide whether a debt should be doubled or cancelled.

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Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

OR — I. _ə(r), (|)ȯ(ə)r, (|)ȯ(ə), in southern US also (|)ä(r) conjunction Etymology: Middle English other, or, from Old English oththe, oththa, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OR — or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: oththe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OR — 1.conj. 1. a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Oxford English vocab
OR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use or to link two …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OR — I союз или, иначе Make haste or else you will be late. ≈ Торопитесь, иначе вы опоздаете. or so ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OR — or.ogg _I ɔ: n геральд. цвет золота _II ɔ:,ə cj 1. связывает два или несколько предложений или однородных членов предложения, …
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OR — I союз или, иначе Make haste or else you will be late. ≈ Торопитесь, иначе вы опоздаете. or so ≈ …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
US — us- see ut-
Interlingua English vocab
QUITS — adjective Etymology: Middle English, quit, probably from Medieval Latin quittus, alteration of Latin quietus at rest Date: 1663 being on …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
QUITS — I. ˈkwits adjective Etymology: Middle English, released from liability, probably from Medieval Latin quittus quit, free, from quietus free, calm, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NOTHING — I. ˈnəthiŋ, -thēŋ pronoun Etymology: Middle English nothing, nathing, non thing, from Old English nāthing, nān thing, from nān no …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
US — (|)əs pronoun, objective case of we Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ūs; akin to Old High German & Gothic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
QUITS — (interj.) See the Note under Quit, a.
Английский словарь Webster
QUITS — ( interj. ) See the Note under Quit, a.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
US — 1. See United States . 2. United States highway (used with a number): US 66.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
US — /us/ , pron. 1. the objective case of we , used as a direct or indirect object: They took us …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
QUITS — /kwits/ , adj. 1. on equal terms by repayment or retaliation. 2. call it quits , a. to end one's …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NOTHING — /nuth"ing/ , n. 1. no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing. 2. no part, share, or trace (usually fol. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOUBLE — — doubleness , n. — doubler , n. /dub"euhl/ , adj., n., v., doubled, doubling , adv. adj. 1. twice …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
QUITS — adj. even, on equal terms (with neither person obligated to the other)
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NOTHING — I. ˈnə-thiŋ pronoun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nān thing, nāthing, from nān no + thing thing — more …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOUBLE — I. ˈdə-bəl adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French duble, double, from Latin duplus (akin to Greek diploos ), from duo …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
US — pronoun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ūs; akin to Old High German uns us, Latin nos objective case of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
QUITS — adjective Etymology: Middle English, quit, probably from Medieval Latin quittus, alteration of Latin quietus at rest Date: 1663 : being …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
QUITS — interj ·see the note under quit, ·adj.
Webster English vocab
NOTHING — noun a cipher; naught. 2. nothing ·adv in no degree; not at all; in no wise. 3. nothing ·noun nonexistence; …
Webster English vocab
DOUBLE — adv twice; doubly. 2. double ·noun double beer; strong beer. 3. double ·noun an old term for a variation, as …
Webster English vocab
QUITS — ■ adjective on equal terms because a debt or score has been settled. Phrases call it ~ 1》 agree that …
Concise Oxford English vocab
US — [us] pron [ME, fr. OE us; akin to OHG uns us, L nos] objective case of we
Merriam-Webster English vocab
QUITS — [quits] adj [ME, quit, prob. fr. ML quittus, alter. of L quietus at rest] (15c): being on even terms by …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NOTHING — [noth.ing] pron [ME, fr. OE nan thing, nathing, fr. nan no + thing thing--more at none] (bef. 12c) 1: not …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DOUBLE — [dou.ble] adj [ME, fr. OF, fr. L duplus (akin to Gk diploos), fr. duo two + -plus multiplied by; akin …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
US — [US] [L ubi supra] abbreviation where above mentioned; United States, [L ut supra] as above
Merriam-Webster English vocab
US — US BrE AmE ˌjuː ˈes ◂ ▶ ˌ US ˈ Navy BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
US — us strong form BrE AmE ʌs § ʌz , weak form əs § əz —see also ▷ 's
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
QUITS — quits BrE AmE kwɪts
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NOTHING — nothing BrE AmE ˈnʌθ ɪŋ § \ ˈnɒθ- ▷ nothing|ness nəs nɪs ▶ ˌ nothing ˈ doing BrE AmE ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DOUBLE — doubl|e BrE AmE ˈdʌb ə l ▷ doubl|ed d ▷ doubl|es z ▷ doubl|ing ‿ɪŋ ▷ doubl|y ‿i ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
US — / əs; NAmE ; strong form ʌs/ pronoun (the object form of we ) 1. used when the speaker or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
US — (also U.S. especially in US ) / ˌjuː ˈes; NAmE / abbreviation United States (of America) : She became a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
QUITS — / kwɪts; NAmE / adjective • IDIOMS - be quits (with sb) • IDIOMS see call verb , double noun …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOTHING — / ˈnʌθɪŋ; NAmE / pronoun 1. not anything; no single thing : There was nothing in her bag. There's nothing …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOUBLE — / ˈdʌbl; NAmE / adjective , determiner , adverb , noun , verb ■ adjective [ usually before noun ] …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
US — US, the BrE AmE ( also the U.S. ) /ˌjuː ˈes◂/ the United States —US adjective : the US Navy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
US — us S1 W1 /əs, s; strong ʌs/ BrE AmE pronoun [ Language: Old English ] 1 . [the object form …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
QUITS — quits /kwɪts/ BrE AmE adjective informal [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Origin: Probably from quit 'free of' ; ⇨ ↑ quite …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NOTHING — I. noth ‧ ing 1 S1 W1 /ˈnʌθɪŋ/ BrE AmE pronoun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: nan thing , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOUBLE — I. doub ‧ le 1 S1 W2 /ˈdʌb ə l/ BrE AmE adjective [usually before noun] [ Date: 1100-1200 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
US — pron. 1 objective case of WE (they saw us). 2 colloq. = WE (it's us again). 3 colloq. = ME(1) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
QUITS — predic.adj. on even terms by retaliation or repayment (then we'll be quits). øcall it (or cry) quits acknowledge that things …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NOTHING — n. & adv. --n. 1 not anything (nothing has been done; have nothing to do). 2 no thing (often foll. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOUBLE — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1 a consisting of two usu. equal parts or things; twofold. b consisting of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
US — pron. 1 objective case of WE (they saw us). 2 colloq. = WE (it's us again). 3 colloq. = ME(1) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
QUITS — predic.adj. on even terms by retaliation or repayment (then we'll be quits). call it (or cry) quits acknowledge that things …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NOTHING — n. & adv. n. 1 not anything (nothing has been done; have nothing to do). 2 no thing (often foll. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOUBLE — adj., adv., n., & v. adj. 1 a consisting of two usu. equal parts or things; twofold. b consisting of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
US — pron. 1. objective case of WE (they saw us). 2 colloq. WE (it's us again). 3 colloq. ME(1) (give us …
Oxford English vocab
QUITS — predic.adj. on even terms by retaliation or repayment (then we'll be quits). Phrases and idioms: call it (or cry) quits …
Oxford English vocab
NOTHING — n. & adv. --n. 1. not anything (nothing has been done; have nothing to do). 2 no thing (often foll. …
Oxford English vocab
DOUBLE — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1. a consisting of two usu. equal parts or things; twofold. b consisting of …
Oxford English vocab

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