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keystone

/ˈkiː.stəʊn/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The top stone of an arch.
  2. Something on which other things depend for support.
  3. A native or resident of the American state of Pennsylvania.
  4. (retail) A retail price that is double the cost price; a markup of 100%.
  5. The combination of the shortstop and second baseman.
  6. To distort (an image) by projecting it onto a surface at an angle, which for example causes a square to look like a trapezoid.
  7. (retail) To double the cost price in order to determine the retail price; to apply a markup of 100%.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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