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First National Bank Alaska (finance) and diet(1) (iou)


First National Bank Alaska (finance)


A United States bank with head office in Anchorage, Alaska.|AK|||





diet(1) (iou)



diet noun1. ME.
[Old & mod. French diete from Latin diaeta from Greek diaita course of life.]
Food; esp. one's habitual Food. Freq. with specifying word. ME.
M. W. Montagu Herbs or roots..and plain dry bread. That is their lenten diet.
A manner of life; a way of living or thinking. LME-M17.
A manner of sustenance, as regards the kind of Food eaten. LME.
M. Pyke Agricultural people living on a mainly Vegetarian diet. R. Hoggart A balanced diet.
A prescribed course of Food, restricted in kind or limited in quantity, esp. one used to control one's weight; (a) restricted provision or intake of Food. LME.
S. Johnson To preach diet and abstinence to his patients. A. Powell His wife kept him on a diet. fig.: Guardian It will provide a diet of feature films, sport, serials, talk shows and quizzes.
Board. Formerly also, an allowance or provision of Food. obsolete exc. Hist. dial. LME.
Shakespeare 1 Henry IV You owe money here..for your diet and by-drinkings.
An allowance for the expenses of living. Long obsolete exc. Hist. L15.
Comb.: diet-bread special bread prepared for invalids etc.; diet-drink: prescribed and prepared for medicinal etc. purposes; diet-sheet a paper showing the daily diet prescribed for an individual patient etc.