| dal segno |
from the sign (used in music as a direction to return to the point so marked and repeat a passage). |
| deadhead |
of a vehicle, to return without a payload. [1/5 definitions] |
| dead letter |
a letter that the post office is unable to deliver or return, usu. because of an incorrect address or the lack of a return address. [1/2 definitions] |
| decompress |
gradually to return (a person such as a diver who has been under compression) to normal air pressure. [1/3 definitions] |
| deposit |
money handed over temporarily to guarantee the return of some item. [1/10 definitions] |
| door-to-door |
from point of origin to point of destination or return. [1/2 definitions] |
| do-si-do |
a movement in square dancing in which two dancers approach each other, pass around each other back to back, and return to their original positions. [1/4 definitions] |
| D.S. |
abbreviation of "dal segno," from the sign (used in music as a direction to return to the point so marked and repeat a passage). |
| earn |
to receive in return for work or service. [2/4 definitions] |
| echo sounding |
a method of determining the depth of a body of water by measuring the time the echo of an emitted sound wave takes to return from the bottom. |
| employee |
someone who works for a person or business in return for wages or other compensation. |
| expense |
something given or paid out, such as money, effort, or time, esp. in return for something else; cost. [1/4 definitions] |
| feedback |
the return of information about the functioning of a machine process, so that the process may be automatically regulated. [2/6 definitions] |
| feudalism |
a system of economic and political organization, as in Europe in the Middle Ages, in which landholding lords granted lands to vassals in return for service and homage. |
| for hire |
available for service or use in return for a fee. |
| free |
requiring no payment in return. [1/20 definitions] |
| get |
in tennis and other sports, a difficult return of a ball. [1/17 definitions] |
| get back |
to return, esp. to return home. [2/4 definitions] |
| get back at |
to do something bad or unpleasant to (someone) in return for something bad or unpleasant that this person has done to one previously. |
| get back to |
to return a call or message, or to resume a conversation with (someone) at a later time, esp. by telephone. [1/2 definitions] |
| get on |
to return to doing something, or go forward more quickly in doing something (usu. fol. by "with"). [1/5 definitions] |