English-Finnish translations for nonce

• hetki
  Tässä menee vain hetki.
  Muistan vielä sen hetken.
  Kerro sitten kun on oikea hetki.
• kerta
  Kerta, joskus muinoin, se tapahtui, mutta ei kertaakaan sen jälkeen.
  Ei sitten, jos et kerta uskalla.
  Monta kertaa olen ajatellut sinua ja toivonut sitä kertaa takaisin.
• kertakäyttöluku
• nonssi

Definition of nonce

• The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose (now only in ''for the nonce''
• A nonce word
• A value constructed so as to be unique to a particular message in a stream, in order to prevent replay attacks
• one-off|One-off; produced or created for a single occasion or use.
• A sex offender, ''especially'one who is guilty of sexual offences against children.
• A police informer, one who betrays a criminal enterprise

Examples

• That will do for the nonce, but well need a better answer for the long term.
• I had thought that the term was a nonce, but it seems as if its been picked up by other authors.
• 1989 "assorted nonces, ponces and murderers, the worst men in the world [...] on the nonce wing, where the child-killers, molesters and various perverts have to be protected from the other prisoners." (New Statesman, New Society, Volume 2, Statesman & Nation Publishing Company Limited
• Shut it, ya nonce!

Related words

• prononcé
• noncellular
• nonce word
• for the nonce