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1 American  
Physics.

  1. nit; nits.

Nt 2 American  
Symbol, Chemistry.

  1. niton.

NT 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Biology, Ecology. near threatened.

  2. neurotypical.

  3. New Testament.

  4. Northwest Territories, Canada (approved for postal use).

-n't 4 American  

  1. a contraction of not.

    didn't; hadn't; couldn't; shouldn't; won't; mustn't.
N.T. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. New Testament.

  2. Northern Territory.

NT 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. National Trust

  2. New Testament

  3. Northern Territory (of Australia)

  4. (esp in postal addresses) Northwest Territories (of Australia)

  5. (esp in postal addresses) Nunavut

  6. no-trump

  7. (in Ireland) National Teacher (teacher in a National School)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
-n't 2 British  

contraction

  1. not: used as an enclitic after be and have when they function as main verbs and after auxiliary verbs or verbs operating syntactically as auxiliaries

    can't

    don't

    shouldn't

    needn't

    daren't

    isn't
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

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The brokerage maintains the stock’s buy rating, but lowers the target price to NT$195.00 from NT$222.00 to reflect slower-than-expected mass production business recovery.

From The Wall Street Journal

Shares are 4.4% lower at NT$161.50.

From The Wall Street Journal

Daiwa maintains a buy call on the stock but raises the target price to NT$2,000 from NT$1,750.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Ay nt.! My Togbe was most at home on the water. It kept him strong. He taught me more about it than anyone else!”

From Literature

The brokerage raises the stock’s target price to NT$290.00 from NT$160.00 to reflect a higher target price-to-book multiple, with an unchanged buy rating.

From The Wall Street Journal

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