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on tick

on tick prepositional phrase: bought with an agreement to pay later.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (UK, dated, informal) bought with an agreement to pay later

Origin of on tick

From tick (“credit”), from ticket.

Questions about on tick

What does on tick mean?
On tick means bought with an agreement to pay later.
What part of speech is on tick?
On tick is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on tick in the dictionary

  1. on the wrong side of the blanket
  2. on the wrong track
  3. on thin ice
  4. on this score
  5. on threes
  6. on tick
  7. on tilt
  8. on time
  9. on tiptoe
  10. on to
  11. on top

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