"no thank you" meaning in English

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Interjection

Etymology: From earlier no, thank you. Etymology templates: {{m|en|no, thank you}} no, thank you Head templates: {{en-interj|head=no thank you}} no thank you
  1. A polite way of saying no in response to an offer. Synonyms: no thanks, thanks but no thanks, no, thank you, NTY [initialism] Translations (polite way of saying no): 毋免 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 唔使喇 (m⁴ sai² laa³) (note: in this context, the word "thank you" is not necessary, and it's not impolite) (Chinese Cantonese), 不要,謝謝 (Chinese Mandarin), 不要 (Chinese Mandarin), 谢谢 (bùyào, xièxie) (Chinese Mandarin), ne, děkuji (Czech), nej tak (Danish), ellers tak (Danish), nee dank u (Dutch), nei takk (Faroese), ei kiitos (Finnish), non merci (French), nein danke (German), όχι ευχαριστώ (óchi efcharistó) (Greek), qujaaannarpunga (Greenlandic), nem, köszönöm (Hungarian), no, grazie (Italian), 結構です (kekkō desu) (Japanese), ali pu, salamat pu (Kapampangan), ទេសូមអរគុណ (tei soom ɑɑ kun) (Khmer), 됐어요 (dwaesseoyo) (Korean), 됐습니다 (dwaetseumnida) (Korean), benignē (Latin), nōn gratiās agō (Latin), ahéheeʼ lá ndi doo nisin da (Navajo), nei takk (Norwegian), nie, dziękuję (Polish), não, obrigado [masculine] (Portuguese), não, obrigada [feminine] (Portuguese), нет, спаси́бо (net, spasíbo) (Russian), ne hvala (Slovene), no, gracias (Spanish), nej tack (Swedish), ไม่เป็นไร ขอบคุณ (Thai), نہیں شکریہ (nahĩ śukriya) (Urdu), dạ không cám ơn (Vietnamese), dim diolch (Welsh)

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      "sense": "polite way of saying no",
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