(humorous) A statement that not only will the person being addressed be punished but their conspirators will also.

A tax similar to goods and services tax, in certain countries and states.

The official name of the United Kingdom (since 1927).

(politics) A system for multiple branches of government wherein each has some control over the actions of each of the others.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of check and balance

present participle of come and go

A general bustle of activity / (in the plural) The activities of a specified person or group

(idiomatic, business) A form of contractual compensation involving payment for materials used and at agreed rates for the those involved in performing the services.

(chiefly Britain, games) A race in which competitors must carry an egg on a small spoon and race to the finish line without dropping the egg.

(law) A species of damages that one may recover for physical or mental pain that results from a wrong done. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pain, suffering.