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adjustable

[uh-juhs-tuh-buhl]

ad·just·a·ble

[uh-juhs-tuh-buhl]
adjective
1.
capable of being adjusted: adjustable seat belts.
2.
(of loans, mortgages, etc.) having a flexible rate, as one based on money market interest rates or on the rate of inflation or cost of living.
3.
(especially of life insurance) having flexible premiums and coverage, based on the insuree's current needs and ability to pay.
noun
4.
any rate, expense, income, etc., that varies unpredictably: Luckily, his chief income is not made up of adjustables. Allow some money in your budget for the adjustables.

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Adjustable is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
1765–75; adjust + -able

ad·just·a·bly, adverb
non·ad·just·a·ble, adjective
non·ad·just·a·b·ly, adverb
pre·ad·just·a·ble, adjective
un·ad·just·a·ble, adjective
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un·ad·just·a·b·ly, adverb
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adjust (əˈdʒʌst)
 
vb
1.  (tr) to alter slightly, esp to achieve accuracy; regulate: to adjust the television
2.  to adapt, as to a new environment, etc
3.  (tr) to put into order
4.  (tr) insurance to determine the amount payable in settlement of (a claim)
 
[C17: from Old French adjuster, from ad- to + juste right, just]
 
ad'justable
 
adj
 
ad'justably
 
adv
 
ad'juster
 
n

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