Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Takeout.
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Examples
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In addition to these functions, the ALU should have a carry-in, and flags for carry-out (C), overflow (V), zero (Z), and negative (N).
Babbage-Boole Digital Arithmetical and Logical Mill: Part 1 « The Half-Baked Maker 2009
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When the first branch opened in 2002, London lacked high-end carry-out food shops like New York's Dean and Deluca and Zabar's.
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And yet, something is at stake in how we finance, design, construct and carry-out projects.
Michael Likosky: American Economic Highway: More Onramps, Less Roadblocks Michael Likosky 2011
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The carry lookahead unit also generates the carry-out bit.
Babbage-Boole Digital Arithmetical and Logical Mill: Part 1 « The Half-Baked Maker 2009
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We'd rank this carry-out burger joint just ahead of Michelle Obama as the South Shore's finest product, and not even Kanye another South Shore expat would dispute it.
John Barrett: Chicago's "That's-A-Burger" Gets High Marks John Barrett 2011
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Ishigami, too shy to speak to Yasuko otherwise, each day goes to the carry-out shop where she works to order his lunch from her.
Book World: Patrick Anderson reviews 'The Devotion of Suspect X' Patrick Anderson 2011
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The voyage marks the first time Chinese authorities have sent a large patrol boat to visit a foreign country, although other nations routinely carry-out such missions as a way to improve relations.
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The voyage marks the first time Chinese authorities have sent a large patrol boat to visit a foreign country, although other nations routinely carry-out such missions as a way to improve relations.
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Ishigami, too shy to speak to Yasuko otherwise, each day goes to the carry-out shop where she works to order his lunch from her.
Book World: Patrick Anderson reviews 'The Devotion of Suspect X' Patrick Anderson 2011
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We'd rank this carry-out burger joint just ahead of Michelle Obama as the South Shore's finest product, and not even Kanye another South Shore expat would dispute it.
John Barrett: Chicago's "That's-A-Burger" Gets High Marks John Barrett 2011
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