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Definition: BY-END

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Private end or interest; secret purpose; selfish advantage.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "By-end" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Note: By-end \By"-end`\, noun. Private end or interest; secret purpose; selfish advantage. [Written also bye-end.]. (references)

Definition: BY-END

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. Private end or interest; secret purpose; selfish advantage.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "BY-END" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Note: By-end \By"-end`\, noun. Private end or interest; secret purpose; selfish advantage. [Written also bye-end.]. (references)