dis|pa|rate — «DIHS puhr iht», adjective. distinct in kind; essentially different; unlike: »A dog and a snake are disparate animals. Capitalism and communism have disparate political values. English chess players seem to accommodate their play to two disparate … Useful english dictionary
dis´pa|rate|ness — dis|pa|rate «DIHS puhr iht», adjective. distinct in kind; essentially different; unlike: »A dog and a snake are disparate animals. Capitalism and communism have disparate political values. English chess players seem to accommodate their play to… … Useful english dictionary
dis|crete´ness — dis|crete «dihs KREET», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. distinct from others; separate; individual: »An apple and a stone are discrete objects. 2. consisting of distinct or individual parts; discontinuous: »Wages paid to employees, the population of a… … Useful english dictionary
dis|crete´ly — dis|crete «dihs KREET», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. distinct from others; separate; individual: »An apple and a stone are discrete objects. 2. consisting of distinct or individual parts; discontinuous: »Wages paid to employees, the population of a… … Useful english dictionary
dis|crete — «dihs KREET», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. distinct from others; separate; individual: »An apple and a stone are discrete objects. 2. consisting of distinct or individual parts; discontinuous: »Wages paid to employees, the population of a community … Useful english dictionary
dis|in|cor|po|rate — «DIHS ihn KR puh rayt», transitive verb, rat|ed, rat|ing. to remove from the state of incorporation; deprive of the privileges of incorporation: »to disincorporate a village … Useful english dictionary
dis|rate — «dihs RAYT», transitive verb, rat|ed, rat|ing. to reduce to a lower rank … Useful english dictionary
dis|charge — «verb. dihs CHAHRJ; noun. dihs CHAHRJ, DIHS chahrj», verb, charged, charg|ing, noun. –v.t. 1. to release; let go; dismiss: »to discharge a patient from a hospital, discharge a committee, discharge a lazy employee, discharge a prisoner. SYNONYM(S) … Useful english dictionary
dis|count|er — «DIHS kown tuhr», noun. 1. a merchant who sells goods at a discount: »The discounters claim to offer cut rate prices through low markups and high volume (Wall Street Journal). 2. = discount house. (Cf. ↑discount house) … Useful english dictionary
dis|cour|aged worker — «dihs KUR ihjd», U.S. an unemployed person of working age who is not actively looking for a job: »The number of discouraged workers goes up as unemployment rises…For each 1 percent rise in the unemployment rate, the number of discouraged workers… … Useful english dictionary
