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| NOUN: | 1. Slang. Something, such as coins or printed bills, used as a medium of exchange: cash, currency, lucre, money. Informal : wampum. Slang : bread, cabbage, dough, gelt, green, jack, lettuce, long green, mazuma, moola. Chiefly British : brass. See MONEY. 2. An incision, a notch, or a slight cut made with or as if with a knife: score, scotch, slash. See MARKS. | | VERB: | 1. To remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean. Also used with out: annul, blot (out), cancel, cross (off or out), delete, efface, erase, expunge, obliterate, rub (out), strike (out), undo, wipe (out), x (out). Law : vacate. See CONTINUE. 2. Slang. To decide not to go ahead with (something previously arranged): call off, cancel. Slang : scrub. See CONTINUE. 3. To bring or come into abrasive contact, often with a harsh grating sound: grate, rasp, scrape. See SOUNDS.
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