stay — English has three distinct words stay, two of them ultimately from the same source. Stay ‘stop’ [15] comes from estai , the present stem of Old French ester ‘stand, stop’. This in turn went back to Latin stāre ‘stand’ (source of English state,… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
stay — English has three distinct words stay, two of them ultimately from the same source. Stay ‘stop’ [15] comes from estai , the present stem of Old French ester ‘stand, stop’. This in turn went back to Latin stāre ‘stand’ (source of English state,… … Word origins
stop — See stay. See stay, stop … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
stay — See stay, stop … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
stay — 1 vt stayed, stay·ing: to temporarily suspend or prevent by judicial or executive order may not grant an injunction to stay proceedings in a state court U.S. Code stay 2 n: a temporary suspension or injunction of an action or process by a usu.… … Law dictionary
stay — [n1] visit break, halt, holiday, sojourn, stop, stopover, vacation; concept 227 stay [n2] hold, delay deferment, halt, pause, postponement, remission, reprieve, standstill, stop, stopping, suspension; concepts 121,832 Ant. abet, advance, assist,… … New thesaurus
Stop-loss policy — Stop loss is a term primarily used in the United States military. In the U.S. military, it is the involuntary extension of a service member s active duty service under the enlistment contract in order to retain them beyond their initial end of… … Wikipedia
stop — 1 vb stopped, stop·ping vt 1: to cause to halt stopped payment 2: to subject to a legal stop vi: to cease activity or motion stop 2 n: an act or inst … Law dictionary
stop — or [stäp] vt. stopped, stopping [ME stoppen < OE stoppian (in comp.) < WGmc stoppōn < VL * stuppare, to stop up, stuff < L stuppa < Gr styppē, tow < IE * stewe , to thicken, contract > Gr styphein, to contract, Sans stuka,… … English World dictionary
stay — stay1 [stā] n. [ME staie < OE stæg, akin to Du stag < IE * stāk , to stand, place < base * sta : see STAND] a heavy rope or cable, usually of wire, used as a brace or support, as for a mast of a ship; guy vt. to brace or support with a… … English World dictionary
