out+of+context

  • 81lock-out — In the context of industrial action, there is no definition at common law or for unfair dismissal cases, although for the purposes of calculating periods of continuous employment, lock out is defined as the closing of a place of employment or… …

    Law dictionary

  • 82take out — vb to kill or destroy. A military euphemism which came to public notice in the USA during the Vietnam War. The term was subsequently appropriated for use in the context of crime and law enforce ment. ► I thought, if I could get my hands around… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 83Encoded Archival Context — (EAC) is an XML standard for encoding information about the creators of archival materials and the circumstances of record creation and use. It is intended to integrate EAC into Encoded Archival Description for enhancement of EAD s capabilities… …

    Wikipedia

  • 84zoned out — adj stoned, spaced out, semi conscious. Originally a piece of US drug users jar gon, the word may now be employed in a non narcotic context to mean worn out …

    Contemporary slang

  • 85buy-out cost — In the context of pensions, the cost of securing one or more members benefits by purchasing an annuity from an insurance company. It is the most expensive method of securing benefits and is now used to determine the amount of the employer s… …

    Law dictionary

  • 86farther out — farther out; farther in Used in the context of options to refer to the relative length of option contract maturities ( maturity). Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …

    Financial and business terms

  • 87farther out; farther in — Used in the context of options to refer to the relative length of option contract maturities ( maturity). Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …

    Financial and business terms

  • 88take out of — phr verb Take out of is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bag, ↑basket, ↑box, ↑circulation, ↑context, ↑library, ↑oven, ↑service, ↑storage, ↑suitcase, ↑worry …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 89Port out, starboard home — abbr. POSH Meaning Elegant, swanky, rich. Origin This is supposed to be the legend printed on tickets of passengers on P&O (Peninsula and Orient) passenger vessels when travelling between UK and India in the days of the Raj. Britain and India are …

    Meaning and origin of phrases

  • 90weird out — vb American to behave eccentrically, undergo a dis turbing change of mood. An extension of the use of weird in hipster, beatnik, hippy and later teenage parlance, origi nally frequently used in a drug context, the phrase currently more often… …

    Contemporary slang