| Definitions | nonce
noun
- The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose (now only in for the nonce).
- That will do for the , but we'll need a better answer for the long term.
- A nonce word.
- I had thought that the term was a , but it seems as if it's been picked up by other authors.
- (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 .
- (context, UK, slang, pejorative) A sex offender, especially of children; a paedophile.
- That bloke who lives at number 20 is a nonce!
- (context, UK, slang) A stupid or worthless person.
Etymology: From a misdivision in of (term, ían anes, lang=enm, , the one (occasion, instance)).
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