QUOTIENT, n. A number showing how many times a sum of money belonging …

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QUOTIENT, n. A number showing how many times a sum of money belonging to one person is contained in the pocket of another - usually about as many times as it can be got there. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.174, 谷月社
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QUOTIENT, n. A number showing how many times a sum of money belonging to one person is contained in the pocket of another - usually about as many times as it can be got there. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.174, 谷月社

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