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Dead : adjective : (a) not alive
• Six people were dead as a result of the accident.Dead : adjective : (b) Not working
• The founders of the company are all dead.
Dead Loss = total loss
• Dead account = account which is no longer used
• The line went dead = the telephone line suddenly stopped working
Dead Money = money which is not invested to make a profit
• The car was written off as a dead loss.
Dead Season = time of year when there are few tourist’s about
Deadline : noun : date by which some¬thing has to be done
Deadlock : noun : point where two sides in a dispute cannot agree
• To meet a deadline = to finish something in time
• We’ve missed our October 1st deadline.
• The negotiations have reached a deadlock.
• To break a deadlock = to find a way to start discussions again
Deadlock : verb : to be unable to agree to continue discussing
• Talks have been deadlocked for ten days = after ten days the talks have not produced any agreement
Deadweight : noun : heavy goods like coal, iron or sand
Deadweight Cargo = heavy cargo which is charged by weight, not by volume
Deadweight Capacity or Deadweight Tonnage = largest amount of cargo which a ship can carry safely