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lite(3)(dictionary)
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Lite-On Technology(finance)
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My Travel Lite(tourism)
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DUQ LITE EMPLOYEES Credit Union(finance)

correction (iou) and lite(3) (iou)


correction (iou)



correction noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin correctio(n-), formed as CORRECT verb: see -ION.]
a. The action of putting right or indicating errors. ME.
under correction subject to correction, esp. by a higher authority.
b. An act or instance of emendation; that which is substituted for what is wrong, esp. in a text. E16.
Reproof of a person for a fault of character or conduct. (Foll. by of the fault.) ME-E19.
Chastisement, disciplinary punishment; esp. corporal punishment. arch. LME.
house of correction (a) Hist. an institution where vagrants and minor offenders were confined and set to work; (b) (in the US) an institution for the short-term confinement of minor offenders.
The neutralization of anything harmful or unpleasant. LME.
Adjustment of a numerical result; the quantity added or subtracted in this. M18.
Comb.: correction fluid a (usu. white) liquid that can be painted over a typed or written error leaving a blank surface on which to type or write afresh; correction officer, correction official, corrections officer, corrections official N. Amer. a prison officer.
correctional adjective of or pertaining to correction L18.
correctioner noun (rare, Shakes.) a person who administers correction: only in L16.

lite(3) (iou)



lite noun2 & adjective2. Now informal (chiefly commercial). L16.
[Var. of light. Now usu. a deliberate respelling.]
A. noun.
In pl. = LIGHTS. Chiefly dial. L16.
A light; esp. a courtesy light in a motor vehicle. L20.
(Also Lite.) (Proprietary name for) a light beer with relatively few calories. L20.
b. adjective. Light; spec. (also Lite, proprietary) designating a light beer with relatively few calories. L16.