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Meaning of Piggyback | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. A ride on somebody's back or shoulders.
  2. An act or instance of piggybacking.
  3. The connection of one intravenous drip to another.

Equivalents

Examples

“The growth is taken for granted; what absorbs Americans today is the implication of piggyback for gross revenues and, more important, net profits.”
“The GOP had done its homework prior to bargaining for these piggybacks.”
“Piggyback medications are given through a port of an existing intravenous site. […] Calculation of the drip rate for piggybacks is the same as any other drip rate.”
“Certain IV drugs, whether given by piggyback or through a metered-dose infusion set, may be incompatible with an existing continuous IV infusion.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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