Meaning

2 senses

  1. A private end or ambition; a secret purpose or design; hidden agenda.

  2. An incidental or subsidiary aim or objective.

Origin

From by- + end.

From by- + end.

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Forms

plural: by-ends
Singularby-end
Pluralby-ends

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
buzzwordbyA1byeA1bygone
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