Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as barring, 2.
  • noun In English law, the right of a third or subsequent mortgagee, who advances money without notice of a second mortgage, and pays off the first, to enforce his claim for the amount of both the mortgages to the exclusion of the mortgage of which he had no notice.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Law) A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose his claim.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun loose temporary stitches in dressmaking etc
  • noun nautical the act of changing tack
  • noun law A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose a claim.
  • verb Present participle of tack.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together
  • noun (nautical) the act of changing tack

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Examples

  • So the question isn't valid and the concern in tacking on "Batman" to the title is superfluous.

    It's All in a Name - Batman: The Dark Knight « FirstShowing.net 2008

  • So I’ve not been reticent in tacking it in the past – just I find Adam’s ego gets enough stroking and I don’t want to add to that as he seems to like publicity, good or bad.

    Radio Clash 40: Punk Isn’t Dead it Just Smells That Way 2005

  • Ms. Prada pans the idea of tacking art onto her fashion—there will be no Prada products in collaboration with an artist, she says.

    A New Look at the Art of Prada (Not Clothes) Christina Passariello 2011

  • Ms. Prada pans the idea of tacking art onto her fashion—there will be no Prada products in collaboration with an artist, she says.

    A New Look at the Art of Prada (Not Clothes) Christina Passariello 2011

  • Senate Republicans, who fear that the lines produced by a commission would make it harder for them to sustain their slender majority in coming years, are plowing ahead with their own maps, floating the idea of tacking on a 63rd seat in Republican-friendly territory.

    Deal Sought on Districts Jacob Gershman 2011

  • What I'm pretty sure of is that the Clinton-era strategy (which I would describe as tacking to the right, esp. on economic issues, while providing enough liberal push on social issues to satisfy the coalition of disparate non-labor interest groups, can result in enough of a turnout among those groups while "stealing" enough of the "center" to win) has been thoroughly exploited by the GOP in the last few election cycles.

    New Ad: NH Newspapers Back Hillary 2009

  • As much as anything, they get you spread out that you got to be perfect in tacking.

    NCAA Division I College Football - Ball State vs. Bowling Green 2002

  • As much as anything, they get you spread out that you got to be perfect in tacking.

    NCAA Division I College Football - Ball State vs. Bowling Green 2002

  • She is poorly off for hands, and has never fairly grasped the notion of tacking on other limbs to the limbs of her own body and so, being short-lived to boot, she remains from century to century to human eyes in statu quo.

    The Note-Books of Samuel Butler Samuel Butler 1868

  • Dorgan (D-N. D.) broached the idea of tacking his drug reimportation amendment to the food bill.

    Home/News 2010

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