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Word: sacrifice
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Meaning:
Noun:
- baseball A play in which the batter is intentionally out in order that runners can advance around the bases.
- Something sacrificed.
Source: Wiktionary
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Verb:
- transitive baseball To advance (a runner on batting the ball so it can be caught or fielded, placing the batter out, but with insufficient time to put the runner out.
- transitive chess To intentionally give up (a piece) in order to improve one?s position on the board.
- transitive To give away (something valuable) to get at least a possibility to gain something else of value (such as self-respect, trust, love, freedom, prosperity), or to avoid an even greater loss.
- transitive To offer (something) as a gift to a deity.
- transitive To trade (a value of higher worth) for one of lesser worth in order to gain something else valued more such as an ally or business relationship or to avoid an even greater loss; to sell without profit to gain something other than money.
Source: Wiktionary
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