单词 | outgoer |
释义 | outgoern. A person who or animal that goes out (in various senses); spec. a person who goes out of a place, office, occupation, or tenancy; (Cricket) a dismissed batter (now rare). Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > that which or one who outgoera1382 outcomera1449 forthcomer1812 society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > [noun] > one who vacates an office outgoera1382 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > player > types of outgoera1382 putter1842 driver1847 approacher1887 brassy player1894 long-handicapper1899 penalty-carrier1908 socketer1912 pinsplitter1916 chipper1923 four-baller1927 hacker1934 shotmaker1974 low-ball hitter1979 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > leaseholder or tenant > one who goes out of a tenancy outgoer1861 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > batsman > dismissed batsman outgoer1883 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 1 Kings xxii. 17 Þe kyng seiþ to þe out goeris [a1425 L.V. men able to be sent out; L. emissariis] in his nedis. c1450 (?c1425) E. Hull tr. Seven Psalms (1995) 148 Þe sowle slyde not [a-wey], for þer-of þe flessche som-tyme part from me, my good bonys hold hem stabyl and callyn a-ȝen and enforce þes out-goers for-to come home and loue me. 1624 J. Robinson Def. Doctr. Synode at Dort iii. 122 These words, They went out from us, or better, from out of us, shew, that those out-goers were formerly of them in a respect. 1721 Rogers's Horn Exalted (new ed.) 25 Not only a dishonest Woman and a Succedanea is called Egrediens, an Out-goer; but the very Snail too, which is the Emblem of a Housewife. 1790 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Midland Counties I. ii. 20 Entire possession of an inclosed farm is given by the outgoing to the incoming tenant:..the outgoer generally carrying off his wheat crop. 1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris ii. 31 To take cognizance of incomers and outgoers. 1861 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 22 ii. 325 Mutual accommodation between incomer and outgoer. 1883 Daily Tel. 15 May 2/7 The outgoer had made 9. 1908 Daily Chron. 16 Apr. 6/3 Five members of the Administration have retired... The average age of the out-goers is 61. 1947 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 53 105/2 The percentage of the outgoers to the total number of population is 6 per cent. 1994 P. Ehrlich & N. Shahid Birdwatcher's Year (BNC) 108 Outgoers waddled to the edge of the rock and plunged seawards. 2003 B. Beisgen & M. Kraitchman Senior Centers iii. 40 Unlike hermits, outgoers accept their ‘old-age’ status and acknowledge their limitations, but are still interested in getting the most out of life. Compounds outgoers' scheme n. a scheme developed by the British government to limit overproduction of milk, whereby dairy farmers who cease production and waive their milk quota are offered financial compensation. ΚΠ 1984 Times 11 Oct. 2/2 The Government has set a limit of 289 million litres, 2 ¼ per cent of the total national quota, for redistribution. But applicants for the so-called ‘outgoers' scheme’ at present produce nearly four times that amount. 1995 Scotsman (Nexis) 24 Aug. 24 By far the best and simplest option was to initiate an outgoers' scheme—those farmers willing to trade quota would be compensated when that quota was transferred to those in need. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1382 |
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