spiffs

Noun

spiff (countable and uncountable, plural spiffs)

1. (uncountable) Attractiveness or charm in dress, appearance, or manner.
   • Without a diploma, he relies on spiff alone to climb the corporate ladder.
2. (archaic, countable, slang) A well-dressed man; a swell.

   Synonyms:

   macaroni, popinjay, barbermonger, beau, blade, blood, buck, carpet knight, cockscomb, dandy

3. (countable, slang) A bonus or other remuneration, given for reaching a sales goal or promoting the goods of a particular manufacturer. Originally from textile retailing, a percentage given for selling off surplus or out-of-fashion stock, of which the sales person could offer part as a discount to a customer.
   • The strongly-recommended piece of cloth was, in the conventional language of the drapery trade, a “spiff” in other words, a remnant of an old stock which had been lying by unsold for three or four years, perhaps longer, and had faded through keeping, like other beautiful things, thereby decreasing...1860 July 7, W.A.C.C., “A yard of ‘stuff’”, in The Players, page 3

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