"JAM" meaning in All languages combined

See JAM on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: JAMs [plural]
Etymology: Initialism, from just about managing. Head templates: {{en-noun}} JAM (plural JAMs)
  1. (UK, informal) A household that is only barely able to meet its financial obligations. Tags: UK, informal
    Sense id: en-JAM-en-noun-cxMGJzk9 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Symbol [Translingual]

Head templates: {{head|mul|symbol|||or||or||or||cat2=|f1lang=en|f1nolink=|f2lang=en|f2nolink=|f3lang=en|f3nolink=|f4lang=en|f4nolink=|head=|head2=|head3=|head4=|sc=Latn|sort=}} JAM, {{mul-symbol}} JAM
  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Jamaica. Categories (place): Jamaica Synonyms: JM

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for JAM meaning in All languages combined (3.1kB)

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