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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Nonce \Nonce\ (n[o^]ns), n. [For the nonce, OE. for the nones, a
     corruption of for then ones, where n. in then is a relic of
     AS. m in [eth]am, dat. of the article and demonstrative
     pronoun, E. the. See For, Once, and The.]
     The one or single occasion; the present call or purpose; --
     chiefly used in the phrase
  
     for the nonce, i. e. for the present time.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The miller was a stout carl for the nones.
                                                    --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              And that he calls for drink, I 'll have prepared him
              A chalice for the nonce.              --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Nonce word, ``a word apparently employed only for the
        nonce''. --Murray (New English Dict.).
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Nonce \Nonce\ (n[o^]ns), n. [For the nonce, OE. for the nones, a
     corruption of for then ones, where n. in then is a relic of
     AS. m in [eth]am, dat. of the article and demonstrative
     pronoun, E. the. See For, Once, and The.]
     The one or single occasion; the present call or purpose; --
     chiefly used in the phrase for the nonce.
  
           The miller was a stout carl for the nones. --Chaucer.
  
           And that he calls for drink, I 'll have prepared him A
           chalice for the nonce.                   --Shak.
  
     Nonce word, ``a word apparently employed only for the
        nonce''. --Murray (New English Dict.).

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  nonce
       n : the present occasion; "for the nonce" [syn: time being]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  nonce
     French n.
     nuncio

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  nonce
     a.
     one-off; produced or created for a single occasion or use. (n-g:
  Denoting something occurring once.)
     n.
     The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose (now only
  in ''for the nonce'').
     n.
     1 (lb en British pejorative) A sex offender, ''especially'' one who
  is guilty of sexual offences against children. (1975)
     2 (lb en by extension) A pedophile.
     3 (lb en British prison slang pejorative) A police informer, one who
  betrays a criminal enterprise (2000)
     4 (lb en British slang pejorative) A stupid or worthless person.
  (2002)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  nonce
     French n.
     nuncio

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  nonce
     French n.
     nuncio

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  nonce
     Ranska n.
     nuntius

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Nonce /nˌɒnsˈiː/
  الوقت الحاضر

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  nonce /nˌɒnsˈiː/
  příležitostný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  nonce /nˌɒnsˈiː/
   [Br.]  [slang] Kinderschänder 
     Synonym: child abuser
  
   see: child abusers, nonces
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  nonce /nˌɒnsˈiː/ 
  Spontan…, ad-hoc, für den Augenblick
           Note: nachgestellt

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  nonce //nɑns// //nɒns// 
  1. kerta, tämä kerta
  one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose
  2. kertakäyttöluku, nonssi
  value constructed so as to be unique to a particular message in a stream
  3. vasikka
  police informer
  4. skinneri
  sex offender, especially one who is guilty of sexual offences against children

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  nonce /nˌɒnsˈiː/
  1. simdiki zaman. for the nonce şimdilik. nonce word yalnız bir olay dolayısıyle icat edilmiş kelime.

From français-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-bul ]

  nonce /nɔ̃s/ 
  нунций
  Prélat

From français-latine FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2020.10.04 :   [ freedict:fra-lat ]

  nonce /nɔ̃s/ 
  nuntius
  Prélat

From français-lietuvių kalba FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-lit ]

  nonce /nɔ̃s/ 
  nuncijus
  Prélat

From français-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-pol ]

  nonce /nɔ̃s/ 
  1. poseł
  Député
  2. nuncjusz
  Prélat

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈnɑns/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "nonce":
     contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, historical present,
     modernity, newness, now, nowadays, nowness, our times, present,
     present tense, presentness, the Now Generation, the nonce, the now,
     the present, the present age, the present day, the present hour,
     the present juncture, the present time, the time being, the times,
     these days, this day, this hour, this instant, this moment,
     this point, this stage, today
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 现时,目前,当前;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 现时,目前,当前
     a. 一度发生的

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