to send; to dispatch (on an errand); to commission; messenger; mission
errand; assignment; job; commission; see also
差使
to send; to assign; to appoint; servants of an official; official messenger
official post; billet; commission; see also
差事
difference; distinction; diversity; disparity
the quotient of differences (slope of a line in coordinate geometry)
forced labor of feudal tenant (corvée); bailiff of feudal yamen
difference (the result of subtraction)
mistake; slip-up; fault; error (in data transmission); accident; mishap
balance (financial); discrepancy (in a sum or quota); difference
difference equation (math.)
competitive election (i.e. with more than one candidate)
to report back after completion of one's mission
tolerance (allowed error); common difference (of an arithmetic series)
official errand; bailiff in a yamen
(to go on a) business trip; to go on an official trip; to be away on official business; to go on an errand
relief (i.e. height of land in geography)
official business; government workmen; odd-job men
to assign corvée duties (forced labor)
time lag; jet lag; time difference
least; worst; the least; the worst
difference in exchange rates in different regions
difference in temperature
spherical aberration (optics)
determinant (characteristic of a species)
degree of disparity; equal difference
differential (between grades); salary differential
hard task; difficult mission; arduous and unrewarding undertaking; drudgery; grind; chore
drop in elevation; (fig.) gap (in wages, expectations etc); disparity
difference; error; inaccuracy
to slip (e.g. of clutch); slippage; also used of economic indicators, statistical discrepancies etc
mediocre; rather poor; not especially good
adverse trade balance; trade deficit
(trade or budget) surplus
to adjust to a different time zone
(lit.) to go on a long trip; (fig.) to be sent to the execution ground
prices scissor (caught between low income and high prices)
single person supplement (for a hotel room etc)
to be absent-minded; to desert; to abscond from the army; absent without leave (AWOL)
(statistics) standard deviation
parallax second or parsec or pc, astronomic unit of distance, approx 3.26 light years
momentary slip; false step; ill-considered action
disparity between the sexes
racial differences; racial discrimination
debit balance (accountancy)
local differences in price; regional price variation
there is no difference; it makes no difference
arithmetic series (such as 2+4+6+8+...)
disparity between rich and poor
trade deficit; adverse trade balance
(law) obstructing government administration (Hong Kong)
ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC)
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