spot
adjective/spɒt/
/spɑːt/
[only before noun] (business)- connected with a system of buying and selling things where goods are delivered and paid for immediately after sale
- spot prices
Word OriginMiddle English: perhaps from Middle Dutch spotte. The sense ‘notice, recognize’ arose from the early 19th-cent. slang use ‘note as a suspect or criminal’.Want to learn more?
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