For the first time ever, Walmart has announced that most of its famous Black Friday doorbuster deals will be online starting at 12:01 AM PT Thanksgiving day.
For the first time ever, Walmart has announced that most of its famous Black Friday doorbuster deals will be online starting at 12:01 AM PT Thanksgiving day.
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trustbuster
(trŭst'bŭs'tər)
n.
One that seeks to prosecute or dissolve business trusts.
trustbusting trust'bust'ing adj. & n.
A doorbuster is a strategy that serves a dual purpose. The goal of these special low price deals is to get customers into the store to buy specific items on sale and also to get them to come in and look around at what other items the store has to offer.
doorbuster - Wiktionary
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/doorbuster
doorbuster (plural doorbusters) An unusually low sale price, typically offered by a retailer on a limited number of items for a limited time, often on prominent shopping days, such as the day after Thanksgiving in the US.buster
(bŭs'tər)
n.
- One that breaks up something: a crime buster.
- A broncobuster.
- A particularly robust child.
- A baby buster.
- Informal. Fellow. Used in addressing a man or boy, especially out of annoyance: Watch where you're going, buster!
noun
noun, mainly US
A riotous fellow; a 'mate', chap (esp. as a friendly or slightly disrespectful form of address). (1850 —) .
A. Shepard 'OK, Buster,' I said to myself, 'you volunteered for this thing' (1962).
[Dialectal variant of burster.]
Oxford American Dictionary
action or intervention, esp. such as to product a particular effect.
a thing or person that acts to produce a particular result. 這是我先前的答：貴人/物相助。
據The Oxford Companion to Children Literature 兩詞條的說明，我的說法還是有點根據。
agency
Line breaks: agency
Pronunciation: /ˈeɪdʒ(ə)nsi/
NOUN
1[ OFTEN WITH ADJECTIVE OR NOUN MODIFIER] A business or organization providing a particular service on behalf of another business, person, or group:an advertising agencyaid agencies
1.1A department or body providing a specific service for a government or other organization:the Environmental Protection Agency
2[ MASS NOUN] Action or intervention producing a particular effect:canals carved by the agency of running water
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