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ho | or |

As an initialism ho

is , in economics.

As a noun or is

gold.

ho

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) ho, .

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • (nautical) Used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts.
    • Sail ho !
  • :: Another boat is visible!
    • Land ho !
  • :: Land is visible!
    • Man ho !
  • :: A town is visible!
  • halloo; hey; a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach
  • * Shakespeare
    • What noise there, ho ?
  • * Shakespeare
    • Ho ! who's within?
  • * Bishop Joseph Hall
    • Ho ! all ye females that would live unshent, / Fly from the reach of Cyned's regiment.

    Noun

  • A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
  • * Decker
    • There is no ho with them.
    References
    * 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology , Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192830988

    Etymology 2

    An eye dialect corruption of whore , from non-rhotic pronunciations considered typical of African American Vernacular English. Compare .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (slang, pejorative) A whore; a sexually loose woman; in general use as a highly offensive name-calling word for a woman with connotations of loose sexuality.
    • Bros before hos !
    Synonyms
    * See also

    Anagrams

    * English two-letter words ----

    or

    English

    (wikipedia or)

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) .

    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "eitheror".
  • *
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  • Logical union of two sets of values. There are two forms, an exclusive or and an inclusive or.
  • Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
  • Otherwise; a consequence of the condition that the previous is false
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.}}
  • Connects two equivalent names.
    • Synonyms
    *
    See also
    * neither * nor

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
    • 1909', The metals are gold and silver, these being termed "'''or " and "argent". — Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, ''A Complete Guide to Heraldry
    1889', In engraving, "'''Or " is expressed by dots. — Charles Norton Elvin, ''A Dictionary of Heraldry
    Synonyms
    * (gold or yellow tincture) , Or
    Related terms
    * Au (chemical symbol for gold)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
    • Synonyms
    * gold

    Etymology 3

    Late (etyl) ). Compare (ere).

    Adverb

  • (obsolete) Early (on).
  • (obsolete) Earlier, previously.

    • Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • Before; ere.
  • *, Book VII:
  • *:"Sey ye never so," seyde Sir Bors, "for many tymys or this she hath bene wroth with you, and aftir that she was the firste that repented hit."

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