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threefers

threefers is the plural of threefer.

Meaning of threefer

Noun

threefer (plural threefers)

  1. Something sold at a discount of three for the price of one.
    • Thus, it was interesting to see that when the ISO 55001 Asset Management Standard was released last year, it also looks for an asset-management program to deliver its own twofers and threefers.2015 February 18, Ken Bannister, “From Our Perspective: Revisiting the Power of Twofers and Threefers”, in Efficient Plant, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2024
  2. Something that has three functions or elements.
    • We were so sure, some among us, anyway, that we would have two locals fighting for the big prize in November: the Republican former mayor, Rudolph W. Giuliani, and the Democratic junior senator, Hillary Rodham Clinton. We even prepared for a threefer in case the present mayor, Michael R. Bloomberg...2008 February 19, Clyde Haberman, “New Yorker in the White House? Seems Like a Long Shot Now”, in The New York Times

Questions about threefers

What is threefers the plural of?
Threefers is the plural of threefer.

Words near threefers in the dictionary

  1. threedies
  2. threedimensional
  3. threedimensionally
  4. threedy
  5. threefer
  6. threefers
  7. threefin
  8. threefins
  9. Threefish
  10. threefoil
  11. threefoiled

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