An asset such as money or gold that is purchased or accepted as payment for goods and services for its ability to purchase other assets in the future without rapidly losing its purchasing power.

In front of. / Preceding. / In the future of. / In advance of. / Having made more progress than.

plural of closest point of approach

plural of piece of paper

(engineering) A point on an engineering drawing that has been added to make the layout of the part easier. It is usually the intersection of the tangent lines of a curve.

the Kingdom of Great Britain / (nonstandard) United Kingdom

The official name of the United Kingdom 1801-1927 (before being renamed by the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 following the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922).

(idiomatic, originally US) To embarrass oneself or others in public.

(transitive, obsolete) To esteem; to prize; to value.

(idiomatic) Left to pure chance; based on a flippant metric.