See Also: success(dictionary)
success(dictionary)
USI (U SUCCESS)(finance)
Success tax(money)
Success tax(finance)
PRIME SUCCESS(finance)
MACAU SUCCESS(finance)
Sb Success% - Baseball(gambling)
Success Inversiones, SICAV, S.A.(finance)
Measurable Success Indicators(money)

success (iou)



success noun. M16.
[Latin successus, from success- pa. ppl stem of succedere SUCCEED.]
Succession; an instance of this. M16-L17.
a. The outcome or upshot of an event, affair, etc.; a result. M16-M18.
b. An event. rare. L16.
c. The result of an experiment; the effect of a medicine. E17-M18.
A person's fortune in a particular situation; good or bad luck. Freq. with specifying word. arch. M16.
good success, ill success, etc.
a. The achievement of an endeavour; the attainment of a desired end; prosperity. Also, an instance of this; a successful undertaking or achievement. L16.
I. Wallace Peace was probable and..the President had achieved a real success. attrib.: C. Priest The clinic claimed a success rate of 100 per cent.
b. A successful person or occasion. L19.
J. Cartwright Magda's brother..was..a success with women. P. P. Read The late hour..suggested that her party had been a success.
Comb.: success story colloq. a successful venture, achievement, etc.; spec. a person's rise from poverty to wealth etc.
successless adjective (now rare) unsuccessful L16.
successlessly adverb M17.
successlessness noun M17.