nonce

Noun

nonce (plural nonces)

1. The one or single occasion; the present reson or purpose (now only in for the nonce).

   That will do for the nonce, but we"ll need a better answer for the long term.

2. (lexicography) A nonce word.

   I had thought that the term was a nonce, but it seems like it"s been picked up by other authors.

3. (cryptography) A datum constructed so as to be unique to a particular message in a stream, in order to prevent replay attacks.

   In this protocol we use the serial number of the message as a nonce.

4. (British, slang) A sex offender, especially of children. Sometimes used informally to mean a stupid or worthless person.

5 letters in word "nonce": C E N N O.

Anagrams of nonce:

• conne

Words found within nonce:

con cone conn eco en eon ne neon no non none oe on once one

Word lists related to nonce:

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Words that start with the letter n
Words that end in the letter e
Words starting with no
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Words beginning with non
Words that end with nce
5 letter words starting with n

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