walkaway

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walkaway englanniksi

1. A case of a person away|walking away (e.g. an inmate from a facility, a cult member from a community); a person who walks away.

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2. (quote-book) the inmate must be readied to resmue control of his own affairs through the gradual relaxation of restrictions. This always involves the risk of walkaways, which should not be confused with an escape from an institution with extreme security. The walkaway is not a triumph by the inmate over the prison authorities but a sign that he is not yet able to take control of his own affairs.

3. An easy victory; a very unequal contest (''also used attributively'').

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5. (quote-book) Roared|chapter=|page=64|url=https://archive.org/details/yearpanthersroar0000unse/page/64/mode/1up?q=walkaways|passage=To be a winner, you have to win the close games—they all won’t be walkaways.

6. A business termination in which the entrepreneur up|winds up the business with its obligations met.Jerome A. Katz and Richard P. Green II, ''Entrepreneurial Small Business,'' New York: McGraw-Hill Irwin, 3rd edition, 2011, p. 644.https://openlibrary.org/books/OL23981139M/Entrepreneurial_small_business

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7. A property that has been abandoned when the mortgager failed to make their payments, while the mortgagee has abandoned its foreclosure action to avoid the costs associated with ownership.Kathleen C. Engel and Patricia A. McCoy, ''The Subprime Virus,'' New York: Oxford University Press, 2011, p. 143.https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24068671M/The_subprime_virus

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9. In a negotiation, the terms representing the least a party is willing to accept (''also used attributively'').

10. A vehicle lease under which the lessee is not responsible for the value of the vehicle at the end of the lease period.Remar Sutton, ''Don’t Get Taken Every Time: The Insider’s Guide to Buying or Leasing Your Next Car or Truck,'' Penguin, 2nd revised edition, 1991, p. 239.

11. Intended to be consumed while walking.

12. A kind of sweet pastry containing cheese.

13. (quote-book)|title=(w)|chapter=14|page=76|url=|passage=(..) I hang around with her for a few hous and talk and go to Ida’s and get her chocolate shakes or walkaways or magazines.

14. A meal break during which food is not provided, and workers are expected to leave the location to eat.Dave Knox, ''Strike the Baby and Kill the Blonde: An Insider’s Guide to Film Slang,'' New York: Three Rivers Press, 2005, p. 209.

15. The theft of a suitcase at a hotel through distraction, deception, etc.; a person who engages in this type of theft.

16. An elevated enclosed passage providing access fore and aft from the bridge of a merchant vessel; any similarly elevated walkway.

17. A type of shanty.Frank Shay, ''American Sea Songs and Chanteys from the Days of Iron Men and Wooden Ships,'' Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 1969, p. 12.

18. A person who forgets to take their change after purchasing a ticket at the circus; the money abandoned in this way.Maurice H. Weseen, ''Dictionary of American Slang,'' New York: Crowell, 1934, p. 164.https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofamer0000maur/page/164/mode/1up?q=walkaway