Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • An abbreviation of avoirdupois.

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Examples

  • To have a difficulty is not, as in French, avoir de la difficulté but avoir de la misère.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • To have a difficulty is not, as in French, avoir de la difficulté but avoir de la misère.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • But most crucially of all, the French was very bad, and consistently formed the perfect tense with the verb "être" rather than the verb "avoir".

    Linkspam for 6-8-2009 nwhyte 2009

  • It's only poor 'avoir' which has to shift for itself.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Matterhorn 2009

  • It's only poor 'avoir' which has to shift for itself.

    Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna (1895-1918) Matterhorn 2009

  • Lundi donc je dois refaire faire une ordonnance le probleme c que c ferié et la pharmacienne m'a dit 'ah mais samedi vous n'aurait pas le droit de l'avoir' Mais merde c ferié lundi et le dimanche on bosse pas alors j'fais comment j'aurais pas de traitement pendant une journee!!??

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2006

  • He take me on his knees and say: "Parlez vous français" and he begin to recite the verb "avoir," because he know nothing more of French.

    Deer Godchild Marguerite Bernard

  • She is rather “avoir du poids” which is very unlike the “Barbie doll” stereotype.

    Prehistoric pin-up « Mudpuddle 2009

  • Alors transition démocratique je veux bien mais la transition est censée avoir un horizon et pour le cas du Maroc, j'ai peut-être raté un épisode, mais je ne le vois pas.

    Global Voices in English » Morocco: Therapy Abroad, Apathy at Home 2009

  • Français · Chine: Le droit de ne pas avoir peur polski · Chiny: prawo do życia bez strachu

    Global Voices in English » China: Our right to be spared from fear 2009

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  • From French; means "possession or wealth."

    March 15, 2014