quality
adjective/ˈkwɒləti/
/ˈkwɑːləti/
- [only before noun] used especially by people trying to sell goods or services to say that something is of a high quality
- We specialize in quality furniture.
- quality service at a competitive price
- Try our top range of quality products.
- We offer a quality service to all customers.
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- (British English, slang) very good
- ‘What was the film like?’ ‘Quality!’
Word OriginMiddle English (in the senses ‘character, disposition’ and ‘particular property or feature’): from Old French qualite, from Latin qualitas (translating Greek poiotēs), from qualis ‘of what kind, of such a kind’.
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