valuable discovery

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• Most Valuable Student — Microsoft Logo de Microsoft Création 4 avril 1975 à Albuquerque Dates clés …   Wikipédia en Français

• gold — [gəʊld ǁ goʊld] noun [uncountable] 1. a valuable soft metal used to make jewellery, coins etc, and formerly used in a system in which the value of the standard unit of a currency is equal to a fixed weight of gold of a particular quality: • On… …   Financial and business terms

• Homo habilis — /hoh moh hab euh leuhs/ 1. an extinct species of upright East African hominid having some advanced humanlike characteristics, dated as being from about 1.5 million to more than 2 million years old and proposed as an early form of Homo leading to… …   Universalium

• trove — [[t]troʊv[/t]] n. 1) cvb a collection of objects, esp. a valuable one 2) cvb any valuable discovery • Etymology: 1885–90; short for treasure trove …   From formal English to slang

• treasure-trove — [trezh′ər trōv΄] n. [Anglo Fr tresor trové < OFr tresor (see TREASURE) + trové, pp. of trover, to find: see TROVER] 1. treasure found hidden, the original owner of which is unknown 2. any valuable discovery 3. a valuable source or collection… …   English World dictionary

• treas|ure-trove — «TREHZH uhr TROHV, TRAY zhuhr », noun. 1. money, jewels, or other treasure that a person finds, especially if the owner of it is not known. 2. (in English law) gold or silver, money, bullion, or other valuable objects found hidden in the ground… …   Useful english dictionary

• pay dirt — {n.}, {slang} 1. The dirt in which much gold is found. * /The man searched for gold many years before he found pay dirt./ 2. {informal} A valuable discovery. Often used in the phrase strike pay dirt . * /When Bill joined the team, the coach… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• pay dirt — {n.}, {slang} 1. The dirt in which much gold is found. * /The man searched for gold many years before he found pay dirt./ 2. {informal} A valuable discovery. Often used in the phrase strike pay dirt . * /When Bill joined the team, the coach… …   Dictionary of American idioms