n. - act of turning over.

- gross amount of money taken in a business.

- rate at which goods are sold and replaced in a shop.

- rate at which people enter and leave employment etc.

- small pie made by folding pastry over a filling.

n. - hist. A toll-gate. B road on which a toll was charged.

- us motorway on which a toll is charged.

n. - guardianship.

- being under this.

- tuition. [latin tutela: related to *tutor]

adj. - a serving as guardian. B of a guardian.

- giving protection. [latin: related to *tutelage]

—adj. Of a tutor or tuition. —n. Period of undergraduate tuition individually or in a small group. [latin tutorius: related to *tutor]

n.pl. Small pair of pincers for taking up small objects, plucking out hairs, etc. [originally tweezes pl. Of obsolete tweeze, a case for small instruments]

n. - light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, esp. In the evening.

- period of this.

- faint light.

- period of decline or destruction. [from *two, *light1]

- zone n. - decrepit urban area.

- undefined or intermediate zone or area.

n. Colloq. Bird-watcher seeking sightings of rare birds.

adj. Double-edged.

adj. Insincere; deceitful.