I have no ulterior motive(s)

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• ulterior motive — UK [ʌlˌtɪəriə(r) ˈməʊtɪv] US [ʌlˌtɪriər ˈmoʊtɪv] noun [countable] [singular ulterior motive plural ulterior motives] if you have an ulterior motive for doing something, you do it partly because you think you will get some advantage from doing it …   Useful english dictionary

• ulterior motive — UK [ʌlˌtɪərɪə(r) ˈməʊtɪv] / US [ʌlˌtɪrɪər ˈmoʊtɪv] noun [countable] Word forms ulterior motive : singular ulterior motive plural ulterior motives if you have an ulterior motive for doing something, you do it partly because you think you will get… …   English dictionary

• ulterior motive — ul|te|ri|or mo|tive [ ʌl,tıriər moutıv ] noun count if you have an ulterior motive for doing something, you do it partly because you think you will get some advantage from doing it …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• motive — mo|tive1 [ moutıv ] noun count ** the reason you do something: Her motive was a genuine desire to improve conditions. motive for: The motive for the attack is still unknown. a. used in a negative way for showing that someone s real reasons for… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• motive — I UK [ˈməʊtɪv] / US [ˈmoʊtɪv] noun [countable] Word forms motive : singular motive plural motives ** a) the reason that you do something Her motive was a genuine desire to improve conditions. motive for: The motive for the attack is still unknown …   English dictionary

• have an axe to grind — Meaning Have an ulterior motive. Origin Benjamin Franklin wrote that a visitor asked him how his grindstone worked. Franklin sharpened the visitor s axe for him when demonstrating, which is apparently what was intended all along …   Meaning and origin of phrases

• ulterior — [[t]ʌltɪ͟əriə(r)[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n If you say that someone has an ulterior motive for doing something, you believe that they have a hidden reason for doing it. Sheila had an ulterior motive for trying to help Stan... Posing for the camera pleased… …   English dictionary

• motive — n. 1) to establish, find a motive 2) to question smb. s motives 3) altruistic; base; honorable; humane; noble; selfish; ulterior motives; the highest motives (to have nothing but the highest motives) 4) the profit motive 5) an underlying motive… …   Combinatory dictionary

• motive — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ hidden, ulterior ▪ good, strong ▪ I d say he had a very strong motive for wanting her dead. ▪ altruistic, high …   Collocations dictionary

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