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A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.
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Take careful aim at the target.
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A goal or objective.
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They have a target to finish the project by November.
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A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.
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A shield resembling the Roman scutum, larger than the modern buckler.
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A bearing representing a buckler.
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The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark.
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He made a good target.
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The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.
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A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.
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The number of runs that the side batting last needs to score in the final innings in order to win
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The tenor of a metaphor.
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The translated version of a document, or the language into which translation occurs.
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Do you charge by source or target?
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A person (or group of people) that a person or organization is trying to employ or to have as a customer, audience etc.
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A thin cut; a slice; specifically, of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints.
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A tassel or pendant.
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A shred; a tatter.