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Meaning of nix

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  nix
      n 1: a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had
           ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had
           done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for
           naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" [syn: {nothing},
           {nil}, {nix}, {nada}, {null}, {aught}, {cipher}, {cypher},
           {goose egg}, {naught}, {zero}, {zilch}, {zip}, {zippo}]
      v 1: command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night";
           "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed
           our plans" [syn: {forbid}, {prohibit}, {interdict},
           {proscribe}, {veto}, {disallow}, {nix}] [ant: {allow},
           {countenance}, {let}, {permit}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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