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married sector	Any of two or more flight sectors in an itinerary that can not be rebooked or changed separately from the other sectors, due to fare rules or market restrictions.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
married sector	Used other than as an idiom. the portion of the population that is married.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sector privado	Parte del sistema económico integrado por empresas y consumidores distintos al Estado y sus dependencias. El sector privado constituye el eje y la parte más dinámica de toda economía, basándose normalmente en las transacciones de mercado.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
buy cheap, buy twice	Buying a cheap but inferior product is a false economy since it will need replacement.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
eat one's own dog food	To use or consume the economic goods or services that oneself is producing; to be part of a closed household economy.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
second banana	A comedian who plays a secondary or supporting role, especially as straight man and traditionally in vaudeville or burlesque theatre.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
bury the lead	To begin a story with details of secondary importance to the reader while postponing more essential points or facts.	Rate it: (4.50 / 2 votes)
second banana	A person who serves in a supporting, secondary, or subsidiary capacity; an assistant.	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
drain the swamp when up to one's neck in alligators	(idiomatic) When performing a long and complex task, and when you've gotten utterly immersed in secondary and tertiary unexpected tangential subtasks, it's easy to lose sight of the initial objective. This sort of distraction can be particularly problematic if the all-consuming subtask or sub-subtask is not, after all, particularly vital to the original, primary goal, but ends up sucking up time and resources (out of all proportion to its actual importance) only because it seems so urgent.	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
double up	To have a secondary use.	Rate it: (2.00 / 2 votes)
Take a Backseat	To be at a secondary position or to be at a level of inferiority as compared to someone else	Rate it: (2.00 / 1 vote)
bit on the side	Secondary lover, mistress.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bloom is off the rose	Business is not going well for a particular identified firm or industry, or the overall economy has taken a downturn.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
CAVOK	Acronym of Ceiling and visibility OK., sometimes alternatively interpreted as "Clouds and Visibility OK", a weather status report for pilots when visibility is at least 10 kilometres, there are no clouds below 5000 feet or minimum sector altitude, and there is no current or forecast significant weather such as precipitation.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
company town	A town, city, or other municipality in which a single large business has a controlling influence over the economy and, sometimes, over the societal structure and local government.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
crony capitalism	A form of economy in which success in business depends on close relationships with government officials, often implying favouritism.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
dismal science	Nickname for economics or for the field of political economy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il s'agit bien de cela (ironic.)	That is quite a secondary consideration.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
knock-on effect	A secondary, often unintended effect.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
palo colorado	Árbol de la familia de las mirtáceas endémico de Chile y de un pequeño sector en el oeste de Argentina. Alcanza los 15 m de altura y su tronco unos 5 dm de diámetro, posee una madera muy dura y una corteza lisa de color pardo rojizo, flores blanquecinas a modos de ramillete, frutos redondos con cubierta de color marrón obscuro con tonalidades rojizas, de sabor amargo.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Región de Los Lagos	Una de las quince regiones en las que se encuentra dividido Chile. Limita al norte con la Región de Los Ríos, al sur con la Región de Aysén, al este con la República Argentina y al oeste con el océano Pacífico. Su sector sudeste pertenece a la Patagonia chilena.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
spin off	To create as a by-product or a secondary derived work.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tail wagging the dog	A minor or secondary part of something controlling the whole.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)