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	\|0898 number, ''n. Brit.''		\|0898 number, ''n. Brit.''
	\|A U.K. telephone number with the prefix 0898 offering services (esp. chat lines) for which callers are charged at a premium rate; (in extended use) any premium-rate telephone service, esp. a chat line offering sexual content.		\|A U.K. telephone number with the prefix 0898 offering services (esp. chat lines) for which callers are charged at a premium rate; (in extended use) any premium-rate telephone service, esp. a chat line offering sexual content.
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	\|101, ''a.'' orig. and chiefly ''U.S.''		\|101, ''a.'' orig. and chiefly ''U.S.''
	\|as postmodifier: designating an introductory course at U.S. colleges or universities in the subject specified. In extended use (chiefly ''humorous''): designating the basic or elementary facts or knowledge associated with the field or subject specified.		\|as postmodifier: designating an introductory course at U.S. colleges or universities in the subject specified. In extended use (chiefly ''humorous''): designating the basic or elementary facts or knowledge associated with the field or subject specified.
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	\|September 2003		\|September 2003
	\|1984, ''n.''		\|1984, ''n.''
	\|A totalitarian society in which propaganda and intensive surveillance techniques are used to subjugate the population. Hence ''allusively'': a society in which personal freedom is (thought to be) similarly curtailed or controlled.		\|A totalitarian society in which propaganda and intensive surveillance techniques are used to subjugate the population. Hence ''allusively'': a society in which personal freedom is (thought to be) similarly curtailed or controlled.
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	\|June 2001		\|June 2001
	\|24-7, ''adv. colloq.'' (orig. and chiefly U.S.)		\|24-7, ''adv. colloq.'' (orig. and chiefly U.S.)
	\|Twenty four hours a day, seven days a week; constantly.		\|Twenty four hours a day, seven days a week; constantly.
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	\|June 2003		\|June 2003
	\|360-degree, ''a.''		\|360-degree, ''a.''
	\|1. Consisting of three hundred and sixty degrees, the number of degrees through which an arm of a circle rotates about a point to describe a full circle. 2.a. Of, involving, or characterized by rotation about three hundred and sixty degrees; operating throughout a full circle. b. ''fig.'' All-encompassing, comprehensive (esp. of a study or assessment); ''(Business)'' designating or relating to an evaluation of job performance in which an employee is assessed by peers and subordinates in addition to a superior or superiors.		\|1. Consisting of three hundred and sixty degrees, the number of degrees through which an arm of a circle rotates about a point to describe a full circle. 2.a. Of, involving, or characterized by rotation about three hundred and sixty degrees; operating throughout a full circle. b. ''fig.'' All-encompassing, comprehensive (esp. of a study or assessment); ''(Business)'' designating or relating to an evaluation of job performance in which an employee is assessed by peers and subordinates in addition to a superior or superiors.
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	\|[‹401(k), designation of the section of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, introduced in 1978, which delineates this provision.]		\|[‹401(k), designation of the section of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, introduced in 1978, which delineates this provision.]
	More fully '''401(k) plan'''. A provision for retirement savings that enables an employee to invest a percentage of (pre-tax) income, often matched by the employer, into an account where it will not be taxed until withdrawn, withdrawals before a specifed [sic] date typically incurring a penalty; (also) an account of this type.		More fully '''401(k) plan'''. A provision for retirement savings that enables an employee to invest a percentage of (pre-tax) income, often matched by the employer, into an account where it will not be taxed until withdrawn, withdrawals before a specifed [sic] date typically incurring a penalty; (also) an account of this type.
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	\|4-H, ''n. U.S.'' / 4-H'er, ''n. U.S.''		\|4-H, ''n. U.S.'' / 4-H'er, ''n. U.S.''
	\|A government-sponsored organization of educational clubs, originally established for youths in the rural United States with the aim of fostering civic responsibility and teaching various practical skills (esp. in farming and home economics), and later extended to offer similar schemes in urban areas and internationally. / A member of 4-H, a government-sponsored organization of local (originally rural) educational youth clubs.		\|A government-sponsored organization of educational clubs, originally established for youths in the rural United States with the aim of fostering civic responsibility and teaching various practical skills (esp. in farming and home economics), and later extended to offer similar schemes in urban areas and internationally. / A member of 4-H, a government-sponsored organization of local (originally rural) educational youth clubs.
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	\|June 2002		\|June 2002
	\|4WD, ''n. Motoring.''		\|4WD, ''n. Motoring.''
	\|Four-wheel drive (freq. attrib.). Also: a vehicle with four-wheel drive. Cf.		\|Four-wheel drive (freq. attrib.). Also: a vehicle with four-wheel drive. Cf.
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	\|June 2002		\|June 2002
	\|4x4, ''n.''		\|4x4, ''n.''
	\|Four-wheel drive; (more usually) a vehicle with four-wheel drive. Cf.		\|Four-wheel drive; (more usually) a vehicle with four-wheel drive. Cf.
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	\|September 2003		\|September 2003
	\|900 number, ''n. N. Amer.''		\|900 number, ''n. N. Amer.''
	\|In the United States and Canada: a telephone number with the digits 900 in place of an area code, chiefly used to access information or entertainment services for which callers are charged by the minute, usually at a premium rate.		\|In the United States and Canada: a telephone number with the digits 900 in place of an area code, chiefly used to access information or entertainment services for which callers are charged by the minute, usually at a premium rate.
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	\|September 2003		\|September 2003
	\|911, ''n. N. Amer.''		\|911, ''n. N. Amer.''
	\|1. In the United States and Canada: a telephone number used to contact the emergency services; the service provided when this number is dialled. 2 U.S. In extended use: a person or thing one may have recourse to in an emergency or crisis; (also) a signal to take urgent action, an alert.		\|1. In the United States and Canada: a telephone number used to contact the emergency services; the service provided when this number is dialled. 2 U.S. In extended use: a person or thing one may have recourse to in an emergency or crisis; (also) a signal to take urgent action, an alert.
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	\|September 2003		\|September 2003
	\|999, ''n. Chiefly Brit.''		\|999, ''n. Chiefly Brit.''
	\|In the United Kingdom and elsewhere: a telephone number used to contact the emergency services; the service provided when this number is dialled.		\|In the United Kingdom and elsewhere: a telephone number used to contact the emergency services; the service provided when this number is dialled.
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|March 2004
|0898 number, ''n. Brit.''
|A U.K. telephone number with the prefix 0898 offering services (esp. chat lines) for which callers are charged at a premium rate; (in extended use) any premium-rate telephone service, esp. a chat line offering sexual content.
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|-
|June 2004
|101, ''a.'' orig. and chiefly ''U.S.''
|as postmodifier: designating an introductory course at U.S. colleges or universities in the subject specified. In extended use (chiefly ''humorous''): designating the basic or elementary facts or knowledge associated with the field or subject specified.
|
|-
|September 2003
|1984, ''n.''
|A totalitarian society in which propaganda and intensive surveillance techniques are used to subjugate the population. Hence ''allusively'': a society in which personal freedom is (thought to be) similarly curtailed or controlled.
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|-
|June 2001
|24-7, ''adv. colloq.'' (orig. and chiefly U.S.)
|Twenty four hours a day, seven days a week; constantly.
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|-
|June 2003
|360-degree, ''a.''
|1. Consisting of three hundred and sixty degrees, the number of degrees through which an arm of a circle rotates about a point to describe a full circle. 2.a. Of, involving, or characterized by rotation about three hundred and sixty degrees; operating throughout a full circle. b. ''fig.'' All-encompassing, comprehensive (esp. of a study or assessment); ''(Business)'' designating or relating to an evaluation of job performance in which an employee is assessed by peers and subordinates in addition to a superior or superiors.
|
|-
|March 2006
|401(k), ''n. U.S.''
|[‹401(k), designation of the section of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, introduced in 1978, which delineates this provision.]
More fully '''401(k) plan'''. A provision for retirement savings that enables an employee to invest a percentage of (pre-tax) income, often matched by the employer, into an account where it will not be taxed until withdrawn, withdrawals before a specifed [sic] date typically incurring a penalty; (also) an account of this type.
|
|-
|June 2002
|4-H, ''n. U.S.'' / 4-H'er, ''n. U.S.''
|A government-sponsored organization of educational clubs, originally established for youths in the rural United States with the aim of fostering civic responsibility and teaching various practical skills (esp. in farming and home economics), and later extended to offer similar schemes in urban areas and internationally. / A member of 4-H, a government-sponsored organization of local (originally rural) educational youth clubs.
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|-
|June 2002
|4WD, ''n. Motoring.''
|Four-wheel drive (freq. attrib.). Also: a vehicle with four-wheel drive. Cf.
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|June 2002
|4x4, ''n.''
|Four-wheel drive; (more usually) a vehicle with four-wheel drive. Cf.
|
|-
|September 2003
|900 number, ''n. N. Amer.''
|In the United States and Canada: a telephone number with the digits 900 in place of an area code, chiefly used to access information or entertainment services for which callers are charged by the minute, usually at a premium rate.
|
|-
|September 2003
|911, ''n. N. Amer.''
|1. In the United States and Canada: a telephone number used to contact the emergency services; the service provided when this number is dialled. 2 U.S. In extended use: a person or thing one may have recourse to in an emergency or crisis; (also) a signal to take urgent action, an alert.
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|-
|September 2003
|999, ''n. Chiefly Brit.''
|In the United Kingdom and elsewhere: a telephone number used to contact the emergency services; the service provided when this number is dialled.
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