discharge firing firing off | the act of discharging a gun |
release waiver discharge | a formal written statement of relinquishment |
dismissal dismission discharge firing liberation release sack sacking | the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) |
honorable discharge | a discharge from the armed forces with a commendable record |
dishonorable discharge | a discharge from the armed forces for a grave offense (as sabotage or espionage or cowardice or murder) |
proceeding legal proceeding proceedings | (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked |
discharge venting | the act of venting |
discharge lamp | a lamp that generates light by a discharge between two electrodes in a gas |
discharge pipe | a pipe through which fluids can be discharged |
electric-discharge lamp gas-discharge lamp | an electric lamp in which the light comes from an electric discharge between two electrodes in a glass tube |
gas-discharge tube | a tube in which an electric discharge takes place through a gas |
minutes proceedings transactions | a written account of what transpired at a meeting |
debt | an obligation to pay or do something |
discharge | the sudden giving off of energy |
electrical discharge | a discharge of electricity |
discharge outpouring run | the pouring forth of a fluid |
brush discharge | discharge between electrodes creating visible streamers of ionized particles |
corona discharge corona corposant St. Elmo's fire Saint Elmo's fire Saint Elmo's light Saint Ulmo's fire Saint Ulmo's light electric glow | an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere |
discharge spark arc electric arc electric discharge | electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field |
residual | (often plural) a payment that is made to a performer or writer or director of a television show or commercial that is paid for every repeat showing, he could retire on his residuals |
debt | money or goods or services owed by one person to another |
national debt | the debt of the national government (as distinguished from the debts of individuals and businesses and political subdivisions) |
public debt | the total of the nation's debts: debts of local and state and national governments, an indicator of how much public spending is financed by borrowing instead of taxation |
debt limit debt ceiling | the maximum borrowing power of a governmental entity |
national debt ceiling | a limit set by Congress beyond which the national debt cannot rise, periodically raised by Congress |
debt instrument obligation certificate of indebtedness | a written promise to repay a debt |
bad debt | a debt that is unlikely to be repaid |
installment debt | debt to be paid by installments |
discharge emission expelling | any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body, the discharge of pus |
remainder balance residual residue residuum rest | something left after other parts have been taken away, there was no remainder, he threw away the rest, he took what he wanted and I got the balance |
oxygen debt | a cumulative deficit of oxygen resulting from intense exercise, the deficit must be made up when the body returns to rest |
insolvency | the lack of financial resources |
debt | the state of owing something (especially money), he is badly in debt |
residual soil residual clay | the soil that is remaining after the soluble elements have been dissolved |
discharge emission | a substance that is emitted or released |
vaginal discharge | discharge of secretions from the cervical glands of the vagina, normally clear or white |
residual oil resid | oil products that remain after petroleum has been distilled |
exhaust discharge expel eject release | eliminate (a substance), combustion products are exhausted in the engine, the plant releases a gas |
empty discharge | become empty or void of its content, The room emptied |
acquit assoil clear discharge exonerate exculpate | pronounce not guilty of criminal charges, The suspect was cleared of the murder charges |
discharge muster out | release from military service |
fire discharge | cause to go off, fire a gun, fire a bullet |
fire discharge go off | go off or discharge, The gun fired |
discharge | pour forth or release, discharge liquids |
discharge | remove the charge from |
drop drop off set down put down unload discharge | leave or unload, unload the cargo, drop off the passengers at the hotel |
free discharge | free from obligations or duties |
dispatch discharge complete | complete or carry out, discharge one's duties |
residual residuary | relating to or indicating a remainder, residual quantity |