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tan⋅dem

  [tan-duhm]
Use tandem in a Sentence
–adverb
1. one following or behind the other: to drive horses tandem.
–adjective
2. having animals, seats, parts, etc., arranged tandem or one behind another.
–noun
3. a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
4. tandem bicycle.
5. tandem trailer (def. 1).
6. a team of horses harnessed one behind the other.
7. a two-wheeled carriage with a high driver's seat, drawn by two or more horses so harnessed.
8. any of various mechanisms having a tandem arrangement.
—Idiom
9. in tandem,
a. in single file: They swam in tandem.
b. in association or partnership.
Origin:
1735–45; special use (orig. facetious) of L tandem at length, finally, equiv. to tam so far + -dem demonstrative suffix
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tandem trailer

 
–noun
1. Also called double-bottom, double-trailer truck, tandem. a very long rig consisting of a tractor pulling two trailers hooked up one behind another.
2. a semitrailer designed to be hooked up to another part of such a rig.
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tan·dem   (tān'dəm)   
n.  

  1. A two-wheeled carriage drawn by horses harnessed one before the other.

  2. A team of carriage horses harnessed in single file.

  3. A tandem bicycle.

  4. An arrangement of two or more persons or objects placed one behind the other: driving horses in tandem.

adj.  Having two identical components arranged one behind the other: a tandem axle.

[Latin, at last, at length; see to- in Indo-European roots.]
tan'dem adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

tandem 
1785, "carriage pulled by horses harnessed one behind the other," punning use of L. tandem "at length (of time)," from tam "so" + demonstrative suffix -dem. Transferred by 1884 to bicycles with two seats.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

tandem

The entering into two trades at the same time. An investor who sells a July futures contract and buys a September futures contract is engaging in a tandem trade.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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