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walkaway

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Synonyms: walkway, walk away, walaway, walk-away, wellaway, welaway, walkaways, walks away, calaway, callaway, gallaway

Antonyms: walkway, walk away, walaway, walk-away, wellaway, welaway, walkaways, walks away, calaway, callaway, gallaway

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Noun

  1. A [[case]] of a person [[walk away|walking away]] (e.g. an [[inmate]] from a [[facility]], a [[cult]] member from a community); a person who walks away.
  2. {{lb|en|US}} An easy [[victory]]; a very [[unequal]] [[contest]] (''also used [[attributive]]ly'').
  3. A [[business]] [[termination]] in which the [[entrepreneur]] [[wind up|winds up]] the business with its [[obligation]]s met.<ref>Jerome A. Katz and Richard P. Green II, ''Entrepreneurial Small Business,'' New York: McGraw-Hill Irwin, 3rd edition, 2011, p. 644.<sup>[https://openlibrary.org/books/OL23981139M/Entrepreneurial_small_business]</sup></ref>
  4. {{lb|en|real estate}} A [[property]] that has been abandoned when the [[mortgager]] failed to make their payments, while the [[mortgagee]] has abandoned its [[foreclosure]] [[action]] to avoid the costs associated with ownership.<ref>Kathleen C. Engel and Patricia A. McCoy, ''The Subprime Virus,'' New York: Oxford University Press, 2011, p. 143.<sup>[https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24068671M/The_subprime_virus]</sup></ref>
  5. In a [[negotiation]], the [[term]]s representing the least a [[party]] is willing to accept (''also used [[attributively]]'').
  6. {{lb|en|US}} A [[vehicle]] [[lease]] under which the [[lessee]] is not responsible for the value of the vehicle at the end of the lease period.<ref>Remar Sutton, ''Don’t Get Taken Every Time: The Insider’s Guide to Buying or Leasing Your Next Car or Truck,'' Penguin, 2nd revised edition, 1991, p. 239.<sup>[]</sup></ref>
  7. {{lb|en|US|attributively|of a food or drink}} Intended to be [[consume]]d while walking.
  8. {{lb|en|US}} A kind of sweet [[pastry]] containing [[cream cheese]].
  9. {{lb|en|film}} A meal [[break#Noun|break]] during which food is not provided, and workers are expected to leave the [[location]] to eat.<ref>Dave Knox, ''Strike the Baby and Kill the Blonde: An Insider’s Guide to Film Slang,'' New York: Three Rivers Press, 2005, p. 209.</ref>
  10. The [[theft]] of a [[suitcase]] at a [[hotel]] through [[distraction]], [[deception]], etc.; a person who engages in this type of theft.
  11. {{lb|en|nautical|science fiction}} An [[elevated]] [[enclosed]] [[passage]] providing access fore and aft from the [[bridge]] of a [[merchant]] [[vessel]]; any similarly elevated [[walkway]].
  12. {{lb|en|obsolete|historical}} A type of [[sea shanty]].<ref>Frank Shay, ''American Sea Songs and Chanteys from the Days of Iron Men and Wooden Ships,'' Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 1969, p. 12.</ref>

Proper noun

  1. {{place|en|small town|city:Pref/Greater Geraldton|s/Western Australia}}.

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