English Dictionary
◊ COLLAR
collar
n 1: fits around the neck and is usually folded over [syn: {neckband}]
2: a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's
neck as a harness or to identify it
3: necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck [syn: {choker},
{dog collar}, {neckband}]
4: a figurative restraint; "a collar on program trading in the
stock market"
5: the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a
criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the
collar" [syn: {apprehension}, {arrest}, {catch}, {pinch},
{taking into custody}]
v 1: take into custody, as of suspected criminals, by the police
[syn: {nail}, {apprehend}, {arrest}, {pick up}, {nab}, {cop}]
2: seize by the neck or collar
3: furnish with a collar; "collar the dog"
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN DOLLAR?
dollar
$
Common: {ITU-T}: dollar sign. Rare: currency symbol;
buck; cash; string (from BASIC); escape (when used as the echo
of ASCII ESC); ding; cache; {INTERCAL}: big money.
(1995-03-06)