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Sundry is a related term of spare.


As adjectives the difference between sundry and spare

is that sundry is (obsolete) separate; distinct; diverse while spare is scanty; not abundant or plentiful.

As nouns the difference between sundry and spare

is that sundry is (usually|in the plural) a minor miscellaneous item while spare is the act of sparing; moderation; restraint.

As a verb spare is

to show mercy.

sundry

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (dialectal)

Adjective

  • (obsolete) Separate; distinct; diverse.
  • (obsolete) Individual; one for each.
  • Several; diverse; more than one or two; various.
  • Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; miscellaneous.
  • Synonyms

    * assorted, divers, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, heterogeneous

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)

    Noun

    (sundries)
  • (usually, in the plural) A minor miscellaneous item.
  • * 1865 , , Crosspatch, the Cricket, and the Counterpane , page 16,
  • Here she kept her scarlet cloak, her Sunday shoes, her best cap and apron, and her steeple-crowned hat; but down at the very bottom, underneath her new checked petticoat, she found a little bag of sundries , which might serve her purpose, and which she sat down to examine at her leisure.
  • * 1924 March, Advertisement, , page 192,
  • Our big free catalog illustrates and describes parts, equipment and sundries that our more than a million riders may need.
  • * 1931 June, Advertisement, , page 54,
  • It pays you to buy from Bicycle Specialists We have been in business 40 years, and can offer you positively the lowest prices for high-grade bicycles, tires and sundries .
  • (in the plural, accounting) A category for irregular or miscellaneous items not otherwise classified.
  • * 1905 , William Mott Steuart (United States Bureau of the Census), Special Reports: Mines and quarries 1902 , page 476,
  • Miscellaheous expenses ,—This item includes rent and royalties of all descriptions, “taxes, insurance, interest, advertising, office supplies, law expenses, injuries and damages, telegraph and telephone service, gas, and all other sundries not reported elsewhere.”
  • * 1910 , William Mott Steuart, Thomas Commerford Martin (United States Bureau of the Census), Street and Electric Railways 1907 , page 181,
  • In 1902 franchise values were largely carried as sundries , but it is a very common practice to charge these values to cost of construction and equipment.
  • * 2009 , Neville Box, VCE Accounting Units 3 & 4 , 4th Edition, unnumbered page,
  • Any payment listed in the Sundries column must be posted individually to the appropriate ledger account.
  • * 2011 , Robert Rodgers, Peter Lucas, Bookkeeping and Accounting Essentials , page 105,
  • The petty cash book classifies payments as petrol and oils, postage, office, sundries and GST paid.
  • (usually, in the plural, cricket, chiefly, Australia) An extra.
  • * 1954 , Percy Taylor, Richmond?s 100 years of cricket: The Story of the Richmond Cricket Club, 1854-1954 , unidentified page,
  • The wicketkeeper for Williamstown had a bad day, as sundries topped the score with 30.
  • * 1998 , , The Art of Cricket , page 167,
  • In the modern era I sometimes feel the emphasis has erroneously shifted towards placing unwarranted importance on how few sundries are recorded.
  • * 1999 , Ashok Kumar, DPH Sports Series: Cricket , Discovery Publishing House, India, page 145,
  • As for sundries , these are very often caused by erratic bowling or a nasty pitch.

    spare

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) spare, spar, from (etyl) ‘thick’).

    Adjective

    (er)
  • scanty; not abundant or plentiful.
  • a spare diet
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  • sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.
  • * Carew
  • He was spare , but discreet of speech.
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  • Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
  • I have no spare time.
  • * Spenser
  • if that no spare clothes he had to give
  • Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.
  • a spare''' anchor; a '''spare bed or room
  • lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
  • * Shakespeare
  • O, give me the spare men, and spare me the great ones.
  • (obsolete, UK, dialect) slow
  • (Grose)
    Derived terms
    * go spare * spare part * spare time * spare tire * spare tyre * spare wheel

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
  • * Holland
  • Killing for sacrifice, without any spare .
  • Parsimony; frugal use.
  • * Spenser
  • Poured out their plenty without spite or spare .
  • An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
  • That which has not been used or expended.
  • A spare part, especially a spare tire.
  • (bowling) The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.
  • (bowling) The act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame; this entitles the pins knocked down on the next ball to be added to the score for that frame.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) sparen, sparien, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (spar)
  • To show mercy.
  • # To desist; to stop; to refrain.
  • # To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.
  • # To preserve from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm; to show mercy.
  • #* Bible, (w) vi. 34
  • He will not spare in the day of vengeance.
  • #* 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island)
  • Kill me, if you please, or spare me.
  • #* {{quote-news, date=21 August 2012, first=Ed, last=Pilkington, newspaper=The Guardian
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  • To keep.
  • # To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.
  • #* (rfdate) (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
  • I, who at some times spend, at others spare , / Divided between carelessness and care.
  • # To keep to oneself; to forbear to impart or give.
  • #* (rfdate) (John Milton)
  • [Thou] thy Father's dreadful thunder didst not spare .
  • #* (rfdate) Bible, Proverbs xvii. 27
  • He that hath knowledge, spareth his words.
  • # (transitive)} To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.
  • #* (rfdate) (Knolles)
  • All the time he could spare from the necessary cares of his weighty charge, he bestowed on serving of God.
  • (to give up) To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.
  • * (rfdate) (Roscommon)
  • Where angry Jove did never spare / One breath of kind and temperate air.
  • * (rfdate) (Shakespeare)
  • I could have better spared a better man.
  • * , chapter=22
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.

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