Neg
[neg] /nɛg/
noun, Informal.
1.
a photographic negative.
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abbreviation (in transformational grammar)
1.
negative
abbreviation
1.
negative(ly)
verb
To reject; turn down: I was negged from Princeton but accepted at Yale (1980s+ Teenagers)
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negative
2.
negotiable
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