deserts
1Déserts — (1950–1954) is a piece by Edgard Varèse for brass (14 winds), percussion (5), piano, and tape[1]. Percussion instruments are exploited for their resonant potential, rather than used solely as accompaniment.[2] According to Varèse the title of the …
2deserts — ► PLURAL NOUN (usu. in phrase get or receive one s just deserts) ▪ what a person deserves with regard to reward or punishment. ORIGIN Old French desert, from deservir serve well, deserve …
3deserts — index recompense Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4deserts — [n] what is due one chastening, chastisement, comeuppance, compensation, deserving, discipline, disciplining, due, get hers*, get his*, guerdon, lumps*, meed, merit, payment, penalty, punishment, recompense, requital, retribution, return, revenge …
5Déserts — Désert (homonymie) Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Désert est un nom commun ou plus rarement un nom propre qui peut désigner : Sommaire 1 Géographie 2 Histo …
6deserts — n. reward punishment to get one s just deserts * * * [ reward ] [ punishment ] to get one s just deserts …
7deserts — de|serts [dıˈzə:ts US ˈzə:rts] n get/receive your (just) deserts to be punished in a way that you deserve ▪ Offenders should receive their just deserts …
8deserts — Synonyms and related words: castigation, chastening, chastisement, comeuppance, compensation, condign punishment, correction, desert, disciplinary measures, discipline, due reward, dues, ferule, infliction, judgment, judicial punishment, just… …
9deserts — de|serts [ dı zɜrts ] noun someone s just deserts bad things that happen to someone because they deserve it …
10deserts — [dɪ zə:ts] plural noun (often in phr. get (or receive) one s just deserts) what a person deserves with regard to reward or (more usually) punishment. Origin ME: via OFr. from deservir (see deserve) …
