special
A reduction in consumer cost for items or services renderedA reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered; the thing thus sold.
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Meaning
12 sensesA reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered; the thing thus sold.
We're running a special on turkey for Thanksgiving.
I didn't have much money, so I bought the special.
Sonderangebot
распрода́жаrasprodáža
Unusual or exceptional episode of a series.
Did you see the Christmas special?
Sondersendung
A meal offered only at a certain time by a restaurant, not as a standing fixture of the menu; often, one of a rotation of meals systematically offered for a lower price; also often a dish at a nondiscounted price that is seasonal or otherwise exciting or unusual.
Today's dinner special is wild salmon, which we don't normally get a chance to offer.
The Tuesday lunch special is our tuna melt on rye.
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Anything that is not according to normal practice, plan, or schedule, as an unscheduled run of transportation that is normally scheduled.
Thousands came to see the special that carried the President's coffin.
One of certain mixed-breed dogs.
Singapore Special; Darwin special
(UK, colloquial)A special constable.
Any unlicensed medicine produced or obtained for a specific individual patient.
An award, typically a free game, that is made available to the player upon reaching or completing a major objective in a pinball game.
A journalist sent to the scene of an event to report back.
A dispatch sent back by a special correspondent.
A light that illuminates a specific person or thing on the stage.
A racehorse predicted to win; a sure thing.
- a special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising
- a dish or meal given prominence in e.g. a restaurant
- a television production that features a particular person or work or topic
Origin
From Middle English *special, especial, especiall, from Old French especial (whence also FFrom Middle English *special, especial, especiall, from Old French especial (whence also French spécial), from Latin speciālis (from speciēs). In this sense displaced native Old English synderlīċ. Doublet of especial.
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