Sacrifice
WordNet
noun
(1) (sacrifice) an out that advances the base runners
(2) The act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
(3) The act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
(4) Personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
(5) A loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
"He had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice"
verb
(6) Kill or destroy
"The animals were sacrificed after the experiment"
"The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment"
(7) Make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
(8) Endure the loss of
"He gave his life for his children"
"I gave two sons to the war"
(9) Sell at a loss
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Etymology
From , from , from , + .
Verb
- To offer as a gift to a deity.
- To give away something valuable to get at least a possibility to gain something else of value (such as self-respect, trust, love, freedom, prosperity), or to avoid an even greater loss.
- “Don’t you break my heart / ’Cause I sacrifice to make you happy.” - From the song Baby Don’t You Do It by Marvin Gaye
- “God sacrificed His only-begotten Son, so that all people might have eternal life.”
- To trade a value of higher worth for one of lesser worth; to sell without profit.
- "If you trade a penny for a dollar, it is not a sacrifice, if you trade a dollar for a penny, it is" - from the book Atlas shrugged by Ayn Rand.
- To intentionally give up a piece in order to improve one’s position on the board.
- To advance a runner on base by batting the ball so it can be caught or fielded, placing the batter out, but with insufficient time to put the runner out.