A negative side effect; an undesirable or unexpected consequence.
A declined offer in a sales transaction when acceptance was presumed.
An impromptu guest used to fill in for another guest spot who is a no-show or who has cancelled last minute.
The person who declines such an offer.
The event of small airborne particles falling to the ground in significant quantities as a result of major industrial activity, volcano eruption, sandstorm, nuclear explosion, etc.
The particles themselves.
To obtain or procure: used especially of a business resource.
To find information about (a quotation)'s source (from which it comes): to find a citation for.
A reporter's informant.
Source code.
The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
Spring; fountainhead; wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates.
The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.