| 单词 | etc outright |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto kill (also slay, etc.) outright to kill (also slay, etc.) outright: to kill in such a manner that the victim dies on the spot.extracted from outrightadv.adj.to sell (also buy, purchase, etc.) outright b. In such a manner that a transaction is completed without any conditions remaining, and ownership is immediately transferred from one party to another; (spec.) not by degrees or instalments. Esp. in to sell (also buy, purchase, etc.) outright. ΚΠ 1600 R. Chambers Palestina 10 [She] wilfully made herselfe bondslaue, by selling outright a royall and reall good for a proud imaginatiue Godhead. 1623 Ld. Carew in Lismore Papers (1888) 2nd Ser. III. 61 Lett me knowe..whether I should sett it for a yearely rent, or sell it out right. 1656 H. Phillippes Purchasers Pattern (ed. 3) i. 19 What may be the value of them to buy them out right? 1744 J. Ralph Astrologer ii. i. 26 You need not buy these Things outright, but only hire them for a few Hours. 1885 Law Times 78 458/1 The interests might have been disposed of outright. 1922 T. S. Eliot Let. 25 June (1988) I. 530 As I read Liveright's form, it practically gives him world rights..and seems tantamount to selling him the book outright for $150. 1997 What Investm. Mar. 118/2 A mortgage has to be taken out at the time of purchase—it is no good buying a place outright and then deciding three or four years later to take out a mortgage. < as lemmas |
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