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  • 21Prime — Prime, in der Musik der 1. Ton jeder Tonleiter; dann als Intervall betrachtet 2 Töne, deren Noten die gleiche Stelle auf dem Liniensysteme einnehmen; die P. ist dann entweder reine P., wenn beide Töne von gleicher Größe sind z.B. c und c, oder… …

    Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • 22prime — adj *primary, primal, primordial, primitive, pristine, primeval Analogous words: *chief, leading, principal, main: *choice, exquisite, recherché …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 23prime —  Prime rate. The rate charged by banks to their highest quality borrowers for short term, uncollateralized loans …

    American business jargon

  • 24prime|ly — «PRYM lee», adverb. Informal. exceedingly well; excellently: »primely cooked venison …

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  • 25prime — 1. prime [ prim ] adj. et n. f. • prime lune 1119; lat. primus « premier » I ♦ Adj. 1 ♦ Vx ou littér. Premier. « Tu mérites la prime place en ce mien livre » (Verlaine). Littér. Prime jeunesse. (déb. XVIIe) De prime abord. 2 ♦ (XIX …

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  • 26PRIME — Stands for Prescribed Right to Income and Maximum Equity, a certificate that entitles the owner to the dividend/income from an underlying security, but not to the capital appreciation of that security. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I.… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 27prime — prime1 [praım] adj [only before noun] [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: Latin primus first ] 1.) most important = ↑main ▪ Smoking is the prime cause of lung disease. ▪ Our prime concern is providing jobs for all young school leavers. ▪ He was… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 28PRIME — s. f. Jeu où l on ne donne que quatre cartes. Il y a deux sortes de prime : la grande prime, la petite prime. Jouer à la prime. Il a perdu son argent à la petite prime.   Avoir prime, Avoir ses quatre cartes de couleur différente. PRIME, signifie …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 29prime — primeness, n. /pruym/, adj., n., v., primed, priming. adj. 1. of the first importance; demanding the fullest consideration: a prime requisite. 2. of the greatest relevance or significance: a prime example. 3. of the highest eminence or rank: the… …

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  • 30prime — prime1 [ praım ] adjective only before noun ** 1. ) most important: PRIMARY: Our prime concern was the safety of our customers. a ) having the most influence: LEADING: Truman had been the prime architect of the NATO alliance. a prime force behind …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English