Nonce

[nɒns] or [nɑns]

Definition

(n.) The one or single occasion; the present call or purpose; -- chiefly used in the phrase for the nonce.

Editor: Miriam

Definition

n. (only in phrase 'for the nonce') the present time occasion.—Nonce-word a word specially coined like Carlyle's gigmanity.

Typist: Susan

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