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| yard [ yaard ] (plural yards) |
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1. unit of length: a unit of length equal to 0.9144 m (3 ft)
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2. spar supporting sail: a long spar that supports the head of a square sail, lugsail, or lateen
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3. U.S. one hundred dollars: one hundred dollars
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slang
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4. a billion: one billion in foreign-exchange currency
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slang
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  a yard of yen
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| [ Old English gerd "rod" < W Germanic] |
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the whole nine yards the totality or full extent of something (informal)
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