specials

Noun

special (plural specials)

1. A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered; the thing thus sold.
   • We're running a special on turkey for Thanksgiving.

   Synonyms:

   offer

2. A meal offered only at a certain time by a restaurant, not as a standing fixture of the menu; often, one of a rotation of meals systematically offered for a lower price; also often a dish at a nondiscounted price that is seasonal or otherwise exciting or unusual.
   • Today's dinner special is wild salmon, which we don't normally get a chance to offer.
3. Unusual or exceptional episode of a series.
   • Did you see the Christmas special?
4. (UK, colloquial) A special constable.
   • And you can't trust a "Special" like the old-time copper when you can't find your way home.1919, Fred W. Leigh, Charles Collins, “My Old Man”performed by Marie Lloyd
5. Anything that is not according to normal practice, plan, or schedule, as an unscheduled run of transportation that is normally scheduled.
   • Thousands came to see the special that carried the President's coffin.
6. Any unlicensed medicine produced or obtained for a specific individual patient.

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