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one-for-one

one-for-one adjective: synonym of one-to-one.

Adjective

one-for-one (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of one-to-one.
    • The earliest counting systems use one-for-one correspondence. The shepherd may have carried with him a bag of pebbles, one pebble for each of his sheep. At the end of the day, he could match each pebble to each sheep to make sure he had them all.2014, David Cycleback, A Brief Introduction to Ancient Counting Systems For The Non-Mathematician (page 5)
    Synonyms:
    one-to-one

Synonyms of one-for-one

Questions about one-for-one

What does one-for-one mean?
One-for-one means synonym of one-to-one.
What part of speech is one-for-one?
One-for-one is an adjective.

Words near one-for-one in the dictionary

  1. one-finger saluting
  2. one-fingered salute
  3. one-fingered salutes
  4. one-flowered wintergreen
  5. one-footed
  6. one-for-one
  7. one-form
  8. one-forms
  9. one-fourth
  10. one-gallus
  11. one-gallused

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