Sundries

Sundries

The word "sundries", the plural of "sundry" — which generally connotes many, various, and diverse — may refer to one of:

* Toiletries and other usually small items both of no large value, and too numerous to mention separately such as cosmetics, threads, needles (notions) et cetera, normally sold in the retail sections of department, drug or hardware stores and quite often, supermarkets.

* Sundries -- In the sport of cricket, a sundry, also known as an extra, is a run scored by a means other than a batsman hitting the ball.


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  • sundries — sun‧dries [ˈsʌndriz] noun [plural] ACCOUNTING various small objects, especially ones that are not important enough to be named separately: • The Post Office also sold stationery and sundries. • His weekly expenditure included £28.23 for food, £21 …   Financial and business terms

  • Sundries — Sun dries, n. pl. Many different or small things; sundry things. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sundries — 1755, pl. of SUNDRY (Cf. sundry) (adj.) used as a noun …   Etymology dictionary

  • sundries — [sun′drēz] pl.n. sundry, esp. minor, items …   English World dictionary

  • sundries — [[t]sʌ̱ndriz[/t]] N PLURAL When someone is making a list of things, items that are not important enough to be listed separately are sometimes referred to together as sundries. [FORMAL] The inn gift shop stocks quality Indian crafts and sundries …   English dictionary

  • sundries account — ➔ account1 * * * sundries account UK US noun [C] ACCOUNTING ► the part of a company s accounts used for recording payments made by or to companies that are not regular customers, suppliers, etc …   Financial and business terms

  • sundries — noun plural Etymology: 1sundry Date: 1755 miscellaneous small articles, details, or items …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • sundries — /sun dreez/, n.pl. sundry things or items, esp. small, miscellaneous items of little value. Cf. notion (def. 6). [1805 15; n. pl. use of SUNDRY] * * * …   Universalium

  • sundries — noun extras …   Wiktionary

  • sundries — Synonyms and related words: assortment, bric a brac, collectanea, conglomerate, conglomeration, cosmetics, frippery, giftware, hodgepodge, knickknacks, medley, miscellanea, miscellany, mixture, notions, novelties, oddments, odds and ends, omnium… …   Moby Thesaurus

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