walkaway
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A case of a person walking away (e.g. an inmate from a facility, a cult member from a community); a person who walks away.
noun
A business termination in which the entrepreneur winds up the business with its obligations met.
noun
A property that has been abandoned when the mortgager failed to make their payments, while the mortgagee has abandoned its foreclosure action to avoid the costs associated with ownership.
noun
In a negotiation, the terms representing the least a party is willing to accept (also used attributively).
Example Sentences
- "There had been several walkaways from the juvenile center."
- "[…] the inmate must be readied to resmue control of his own affairs through the gradual relaxation of restrictions. This always involves the risk of walkaways, which should not be confused with an escape from an institution with extreme security. The walkaway is not a triumph by the inmate over the prison authorities but a sign that he is not yet able to take control of his own affairs."
- "The upcoming election is unlikely to be a walkaway for the encumbent."
- "a walkaway victory; a walkaway winner"
- "“Listen, son, I know horses,” he said. “This race is a walkaway for King Neptune. A cinch. […]”"
- "To be a winner, you have to win the close games—they all won’t be walkaways."
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Synonyms
walkover
bottom line
closed-end lease
catwalk
hand-over-hand
stamp-and-go
runaway
blowout
romp
laugher
shoo-in