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TO THE TUNE OF

Synonyms within Context: TO THE TUNE OF

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Payment

Adverb: to the tune of; on the nail, money down.

Price

Adjective: priced; Verb: to the tune of, ad valorem; dutiable; mercenary, venal.

Quantity

Adverb: to the tune of, all of, a full, the sum of, fully, exactly, precisely.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: TO THE TUNE OF

English words defined with "TO THE TUNE OF": To keep stroke. (references)
Specialty definitions using "TO THE TUNE OF": JCL, Job Control Language. (references)

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Photo Album: TO THE TUNE OF

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The Body Politic on the March of Intellect, : To the Tune of Let us all be unhappy together. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

A New humorous song, on the Cherokee chiefs Inscribed to the ladies of Great Britain : To the tune of, Caesar and Pompey were both of the horned / / by H. Howard. Credit: Library of Congress.

Lon Allen and his son playing their fiddles to the tune of "The Arkansas Traveler." The fiddle played by the son was made by him. Near Iron River, Michigan. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: TO THE TUNE OF

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

The growth was driven by the non-SIAS product group, where the value jump was to the tune of 57 percent. (references)

Economic History

Slovak Rep

The balance of payments for January-December 2000 was in surplus to the tune of $683.4 million. (references)

Kenya

The World Bank and its affiliates have pledged to support Kenya's electrical power generation to the tune of $699 million. (references)

India

Investment requirement in this sector at present is to the tune of US $ 2.5 billion annually, and is expected to reach a mind-numbing figure of a total requirement of US $ 300 billion by the end of this decade. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: TO THE TUNE OF

Expression using "TO THE TUNE OF": ad to the tune of. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: TO THE TUNE OF

Language Translations for "TO THE TUNE OF"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

në shumën. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏غلى نغمة كذا. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

на порядъчната сума от, за порядъчната сума от. (various references)

   

French

  

aux accents de. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

στο ποσό, με συνοδεία (concomitant). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

erejéig. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay ethay unetay ofay

   

Russian 

  

в размере, на сумму. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

u iznosu (fine: in fine, tune: to the tune of). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

por el valor de. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

till ett belopp av (to the value of). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: TO THE TUNE OF

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-f-h-n-o-o-t-t-t-u"

-4 letters: fouette, tonette.

-5 letters: tenuto.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Images: Photo Album
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Expressions
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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