no-growth

[adj. noh-grohth; n. noh-grohth]

no-growth

[adj. noh-grohth; n. noh-grohth]
adjective
1.
failing to or unlikely to grow; showing a lack of progress or development: a no-growth industry.
2.
restricting or prohibiting growth or expansion: a no-growth policy; no-growth rulings.
noun
3.
a policy or practice of curtailing growth, expansion, or development: After expanding too rapidly, the city is now in favor of no-growth.

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No-growth is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
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.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

Origin:
1970–75
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