Ääntäminen
Southern England
- Tuntematon aksentti:
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Määritelmät
Adjektiivi
- (archaic or regional, Yorkshire) Neat, smartly dressed, attractive.
Substantiivi
- (uncountable) Attractiveness or charm in dress, appearance, or manner.
- (countable, archaic, slang) A well-dressed man; a swell.
- (countable, commerce, slang) A bonus or other remuneration, given for reaching a sales goal or promoting the goods of a particular manufacturer. Originally from textile retailing, a percentage given for selling off surplus or out-of-fashion stock, of which the sales person could offer part as a discount to a customer.
- (countable, colloquial, Jamaica) Alternative form of spliff (“hand-rolled marijuana cigarette”).
Verbi
- (transitive, informal) (usually with up or out) To make spiffy (attractive, polished, or up-to-date)
- (transitive, commerce, slang) To reward (a salesperson) with a spiff or bonus.
- (transitive, commerce, slang) To attach a spiff or bonus to the selling of (a product)
Esimerkit
- Without a diploma, he relies on spiff alone to climb the corporate ladder.
- She rolled a spiff for us as she spoke, sifting the ganja between her fingers...
- ...someone else built a spiff which he lit and gave to me...
- Our productivity would surely increase if we'd just spiff up this office a bit.
- I spiffed the turf over the edge and it went straight through the window and hit the officer.
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