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boot

2  [boot]
Use to boot in a Sentence
–noun
1. Archaic. something given into the bargain.
2. Obsolete.
a. advantage.
b. remedy; relief; help.
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
3. Archaic. to be of profit, advantage, or avail (to): It boots thee not to complain.
—Idiom
4. to boot, in addition; besides: We received an extra week's pay to boot.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME bote, OE bōt advantage; c. D boete, G Busse, ON bōt, Goth bota; see bet, better 1
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boot 2   (bōōt)   
intr.v.   boot·ed, boot·ing, boots
To be of help or advantage; avail.
n.  

  1. Chiefly Southern & Midland U.S. See lagniappe.

  2. Archaic Advantage; avail.


[Middle English boten, to be of help, from Old English bōtian, from bōt, help; see bhad- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
boot

  1. n.
    a thrill; a charge. : I get a real boot out of my grandchildren.
  2. tv.
    to dismiss or eject someone. : I booted him myself.
  3. n.
    a dismissal or ejection. : I got the boot even though I had worked there for a decade.
  4. tv. & in.
    to start the operating system of a computer. : When I booted, all I got was a feep.
  5. in.
    to empty one's stomach; to vomit. : The kid booted and booted and will probably never smoke another cigar.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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to boot

  1. mod.
    in addition. : She got an F on her term paper and flunked the final to boot.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

boot  (1)
"footwear," c.1325, from O.Fr. bote, with corresponding words in Prov. and Sp., of unknown origin, perhaps from a Gmc. source, originally for riding boots only. The verb meaning "kick" is Amer.Eng. 1877; that of "eject" is from 1880. Boot camp is attested from 1944 but supposedly is from the Spanish-American War, in reference to boots, leggings worn by U.S. sailors, with sense transferred to "recruit."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: boot
Function: noun
Etymology: obsolete or dialect boot compensation, from Old English bOt advantage, compensation
: additional money or property received to make up the difference in an exchange of business or investment property that is of like kind but unequal in value
NOTE: Under Internal Revenue Code section 1031, no tax liability results from an exchange solely of like-kind property used in a business or trade or held for investment. If the exchange includes boot, however, under section 1245 the boot will be treated as ordinary income.
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Idioms & Phrases

to boot

Besides, in addition. For example, It rained every day and it was cold to boot, or He said they'd lower the price of the car by $1,000 and throw in air conditioning to boot. This expression has nothing to do with footwear. Boot here is an archaic noun meaning "advantage," and in the idiom has been broadened to include anything additional, good or bad. [c. a.d. 1000]

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Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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