scot

¹

[ skot ]

noun

, History/Historical.

1. a payment or charge.
2. one's share of a payment or charge.
3. an assessment or tax.

Scot

²

[ skot ]

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Scotland.
2. one of an ancient Gaelic people who came from northern Ireland about the 6th century a.d. and settled in the northwestern part of Great Britain, and after whom Scotland was named.

Scot

³

abbreviation for

1. Scots.
2. Scottish.

Scot.

⁴

abbreviation for

1. Scotch.
2. Scotland.
3. Scottish.

Scot.

¹

abbreviation for

1. Scotch (whisky)
2. Scotland
3. Scottish

Scot

²

/ skɒt /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Scotland
2. a member of a tribe of Celtic raiders from the north of Ireland who carried out periodic attacks against the British mainland coast from the 3rd century ad , eventually settling in N Britain during the 5th and 6th centuries

Confusables Note

See Scotch.

Word History and Origins

Origin of scot¹

1200–50; Middle English < Old Norse skattr tax, treasure; cognate with Old English gescot payment

Origin of scot²

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English Scottas (plural), from Late Latin Scottī “the Irish”

Idioms and Phrases

see get off (scot-free) .

Example Sentences

Other performers during the festival include Frankie Boyle, Susie McCabe and Christopher MacArthur-Boyd bringing a live version of their podcast Here Comes the Guillotine to the stage, award winning comic Russell Kane and Scot Squad star Darren Connell.

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By the end of the race, only Jack Brabham had managed to stay on the same lap - and he was nearly five minutes behind the Scot.

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It eventually brought spectacular results, although it took the great Scot until 1990 to claim his first trophy in the shape of the FA Cup.

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Meulensteen believes he and Ferguson, who will leave his role as Manchester United ambassador at the end of the season, have "ironed out their differences", adding Van Nistelrooy had "never forgotten" the Scot signing him even after he missed much of his final season at PSV with a "horrific" knee injury.

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Moyes is not solely to blame, of course, but he was too cautious in reconstructing a squad his fellow Scot would have made significant changes to had he remained at the helm.

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