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  • 61Quick ratio — In finance, the Acid test or quick ratio or liquid ratio measures the ability of a company to use its near cash or quick assets to immediately extinguish or retire its current liabilities. Quick assets include those current assets that presumably …

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  • 62quick on the draw — adjective Characterized by rapid response, as to a verbal remark or to a new situation; quick to act. Quick on the draw with a slogan, Mr. Mandelson said he would create a project deserving cheers, not jeers, and promptly changed the sinister… …

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  • 63quick-and-dirty — 1. adjective a) Done or constructed in a hasty, approximate, temporarily adequate manner, but not exact, fully formed, or reliable for a long period of time. I can do a quick and dirty market analysis in time for the meeting tomorrow …

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  • 64Quick — Armand J., U.S. physician, 1894–1978. See Q. method, Q. test. * * * quick kwik adj 1) not dead: LIVING, ALIVE 2) PREGNANT quick n 1) quick …

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  • 65quick — 1. Pregnant with a child whose fetal movements are recognizable. 2. A sensitive part, painful to touch. [A.S. cwic, living] * * * quick kwik adj 1) not dead: LIVING, ALIVE …

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  • 66quick fix — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms quick fix : singular quick fix plural quick fixes informal something that can be done quickly in order to solve a problem or repair something that is broken though it may not last long …

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  • 67quick — /kwɪk/ adjective fast, not taking much time ● The company made a quick recovery. ● He is looking for a quick return on his investments. ● We are hoping for a quick sale …

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  • 68quick — [OE] Originally quick meant ‘alive’ (as in the now fossilized phrase the quick and the dead); it was not until the 13th century that the sense ‘rapid’ began to emerge. It goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *kwikwaz (which also produced Swedish… …

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  • 69Quick time — Time Time, n.; pl. {Times}. [OE. time, AS. t[=i]ma, akin to t[=i]d time, and to Icel. t[=i]mi, Dan. time an hour, Sw. timme. [root]58. See {Tide}, n.] 1. Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms… …

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  • 70quick kick — noun : a punt in football made on first, second, or third down from a running or passing formation and designed to take the opposing team by surprise * * * Football. a punt, usually on second or third down, made from an offensive formation not… …

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