The Macquarie Budget Dictionary meets the needs of readers without stretching their finances. It is an up-to-date small dictionary with all the coverage of world English and Australian English that can be distilled into its compact, easy-to-carry format. And it is now being updated annually!
New words and meanings have been added, reflecting the quickly changing nature of our language. This new 2012 Edition includes such up-to-date items as bariatrics, dragon's teeth, natural burial ground, shockumentary, street journalism, superfood and vuvuzela.
This new edition, like its predecessors, has been compiled with the needs of the general reader in mind, and is ideal for home, school or office.
Some features of this edition:
- up-to-date words and meanings
- over 20,000 headwords
- over 37,000 definitions
- valuable appendixes, including a full listing of the countries of the world, their capital cities, languages and currencies
- clear pronunciations
