Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A thorough cleaning or ordering.
- noun Informal The final, often routine tasks that complete a project.
- noun Slang A very large profit; a killing.
- noun Baseball The fourth position on a team's batting order, usually reserved for a strong hitter who can drive in extra runs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
cleaning ortidying something. - adjective baseball to bat fourth in the
batting order
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a very large profit
- noun (baseball) the fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team)
- noun the act of making something clean
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Examples
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In addition, state Assemblywoman Julia Brownley and new state schools chief Tom Torlakson—both of whom voted against parent trigger last year—are drafting what they call "cleanup legislation" to amend the law.
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I am of the view that regardless of how the bank cleanup is executed (whether it be a massive recapitalization a la TARP on roids, or a Swedish style bank nationalization) that the end result will be the same: the taxpayer will be on the hook for a couple trillion dollars.
Archive 2009-03-01 Ilya 2009
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Obama: Those affected by spill should be employed in cleanup
Obama: Those affected by spill should be employed in cleanup 2010
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Obama: Those affected by spill should be employed in cleanup 2010
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Obama: Those affected by spill should be employed in cleanup
Obama says 'justice will be done' in Times Square bombing 2010
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That cleanup is going to take decades and your few dollars that you spent wasting your time, could have gone to help protect our southern coastline.
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A northwest Montana town where asbestos contamination has killed more than 200 people will get more than $130 million in cleanup and medical assistance from the Obama administration, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday.
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I am of the view that regardless of how the bank cleanup is executed (whether it be a massive recapitalization a la TARP on roids, or a Swedish style bank nationalization) that the end result will be the same: the taxpayer will be on the hook for a couple trillion dollars.
The Taxpayer Will Pay xtra 2009
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When it's time to change the litter, I just pull off the trash bag (inside out) and cleanup is done.
Hints From Heloise washingtonpost.com 2010
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Obama: Those affected by spill should be employed in cleanup
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