BUNCE

boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce

(noun) a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); “the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Bunce (plural Bunces)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bunce is the 8023rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4126 individuals. Bunce is most common among White (92.51%) individuals.

Noun

bunce (uncountable)

(UK, regional) A bonus; additional pay.

Source: Wiktionary



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20 April 2024

MULTIPHASE

(adjective) of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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