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- noun idiomatic, uncommon
Eleven - noun banking, finance, idiomatic By analogy, a method of
lending where the interest isdeducted beforehand , archetypallyborrowing twelve dollars (owing twelve dollars back, a dozen) but actuallyreceiving onlyeleven .
Etymologies
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A play on the phrase baker's dozen; it is one less than a dozen as compared to one more.
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