1950 D. Thomas Let. 25 Feb. (1987) 748 The imminence of death is reflected in every last power stroke and grab of the great money bosses, the big shots, the multis, one never sees.

1958 Observer 25 May 16/7 Schizoid son of over-indulgent multi.

1989 A. Beattie Picturing Will i. viii. 75 She was the young wife of a sixty-year-old multi.

2000 New Yorker Mar. 29/3 All the significant aspirants to a place on the..ballot..are millionaires... Gore is the only non-multi in the bunch.]

1972 Sunday Tel. 10 Dec. 14/5 I mentioned the multi-purpose 2♢ opening, a comparatively new weapon used with devastating effect by the young Scottish experts, W. Coyle and V. Silverstone... The Multi, as it has been christened, is a constructive as well as a pre-emptive opening.

1991 G. Thompson Bridge Player's Dict. 33 Dixon, first recognised defence to the Multi, based on the principle that a double of 2♢ shows a fairly balanced hand of about 13–16 points.

1998 Eng. Bridge Aug. 17/1 Acol Twos are out of fashion, with most players preferring weak options or a Multi.

1977 Guardian 11 June 14/5 A ‘Multi’ 2D, showing a weak two in either major or a certain type of strong hand.

1970 Barron's National Business & Finance Weekly 9 Feb. 18/5 American Multi-Cinema, Inc., has come up with a unique way to cash in on the compacts: it puts them together as doubles, quadruplets or sextuplets. The Kansas City-based movie exhibitor claims to be the pioneer in ‘multis’.

1988 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) (Nexis) 18 Feb. e1 The Tenafly Cinema 4, an independent theater, is trying to capitalize on the difference between large, sprawling multis and a smaller neighborhood theater.

1994 Independent on Sunday 4 Dec. (Business section) 9/2 The West End multi is a powerful retail profit machine.

2001 Kansas City (Missouri) Star (Nexis) 6 Jan. c2 It was a good theater and, like many multis, has seen some decline in recent years but is still a good location.

1973 Courier & Advertiser (Dundee) 7 Aug. 9/1 The collapse of the Ronan Point multi in the East End in 1968 also has contributed to the fall in popularity of this kind of dwelling.

1985 M. Munro Patter 47 It's murder stayin in a multi when the lifts urny workin.

2000 Courier & Advertiser (Dundee) 22 July 2 In recent years, several multis, including Harefields and Kilspindie Courts in Foggyley Gardens,..have been levelled.

1976 Economist (Nexis) 17 Apr. 85 When the multis settle down to domesticity, will productivity in places like Brazil increase one half as fast?

1986 Financial Times 28 Apr. 23/4 Even a new fall in the dollar would probably have only a limited effect on the Swiss chemical multis.

1997 DM News (Nexis) 10 Nov. (Suppl.) 10 It's also the mistaken concept that only big multi-nationals do DM and therefore such legislation would protect our small industries against the multis.

1984 Discount Store News (Nexis) 11 June 11 I only see loyalty to national brands on the multis. If a customer uses, say, vitamin B or C only, he'll buy on the basis of price.

1997 Esquire Aug. 100/1 It started harmlessly enough; a chewable Flintstones multi.

1984 Yachting (Nexis) Dec. 64 It's when multis are overdriven in good conditions that things can get instantly out of hand.

1998 Yachts & Yachting 10 July 52/2 The only multis with confirmed launch dates for The Race are the two for Pete Goss and Steve Fossett.

1986 National Mortgage News (Nexis) 7 July 26 The bulk of the strength will be in the single-family area with projected starts of 1.3 million units and multis weaker at 650,000 starts.

2001 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 20 Jan. h1 The Calgary Region Home Builders Association forecast calls for 6,503 singles and 3,067 multis.

1970 Kay & Co. (Worcester) Catal. 1970–71 Autumn–Winter 142 Multi/Black Catsuit. Floral-printed Tricel Jersey takes on an exotic look with its miscellany of colours on Black.

1980 Freemans Catal. Spring–Summer 127/2 Check design in feminine pastel shades... Pink/Multi Overdress.

2000 PS Nov. 46 Warm stripes will brighten up the winter months. This Multi Stripe Scarf..is 100% lambswool and costs £35.