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with⋅out

  [with-out, with-]
Use without in a Sentence
–preposition
1. with the absence, omission, or avoidance of; not with; with no or none of; lacking: without help; without shoes; without her helping me; without him to help.
2. free from; excluding: a world without hunger.
3. not accompanied by: Don't go without me.
4. at, on, or to the outside of; outside of: both within and without the house or the city.
5. beyond the compass, limits, range, or scope of (now used chiefly in opposition to within): whether within or without the law.
–adverb
6. in or into an exterior or outer place; outside.
7. outside a house, building, etc.: The carriage awaits without.
8. lacking something implied or understood: We must take this or go without.
9. as regards the outside; externally.
–noun
10. the outside of a place, region, area, room, etc.
–conjunction
11. Midland and Southern U.S. unless.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME withouten, OE withūtan (adv. and prep.), equiv. to with with + -ūtan from without, equiv. to ūt out + -an suffix of motion from
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with·out   (wĭth-out', wĭth-)   
adv.  

  1. On the outside: a sturdy structure within and without.

  2. With something absent or lacking: had to do without.

prep.  

    1. Not having; lacking: a family without a car.

    2. Not accompanied by; in the absence of: volunteered without hesitation; spoke without thinking.

  2. At, on, to, or toward the outside or exterior of: standing without the door.

n.  An outer position, place, or area: a threat to security that came from without.
conj.   Regional
Unless: "You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (Mark Twain).

[Middle English withoute, from Old English withūtan : with, with; see with + ūtan, from without (from ūt, out; see out).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

without 
O.E. wiðutan, lit. "against the outside" (opposite of within), see with + out. As a word expressing lack or want of something (opposite of with), attested from c.1200. In use by 1393 as a conjunction, short for without that.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

without

Used to indicate that no quotation is offered. For example, a dealer might quote a security as a $45 bid without, which means the dealer is willing to buy at $45, but no ask price is currently available. A dealer quotation that includes a without indicates a one-sided market.

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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Idioms & Phrases

without

In addition to the idioms beginning with without, also see absent without leave; do without; get along without; go without saying; no smoke without fire.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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