nifty

nifty

Very good, interesting, or smart. Said typically of things. This nifty little device helps you locate your keys if you can't remember where you put them. That's a nifty bike you've got there! Is it new?
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

nifty

1. mod. neat; smart. That is a pretty nifty car you have there.
2. n. a fifty-dollar bill. (From nifty-fifty.) He paid me with a nifty and a domino.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle
  • Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles' Father
  • Charles
  • for the life of
  • for the life of (one)
  • for the life of me
  • for the life of one
  • through the good offices of (someone)
  • cranny
  • any (old) nook or cranny
References in periodicals archive
Metals X Managing Director Mr Damien Marantelli commented: 'Several months into our rebuild of the Nifty operation, we are starting to see real momentum growing.
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Due to their impetuous, lyrical and poetic energy on stage, NIFTY's really is a group that has to be experienced live.
Austrian music band 'Nifty's' mesmerized audience at PNCA
Additionally, Reliance was also able to make an improvement in its position in Nifty by garnering 5.4% (September 2016) as compared to 5% in the previous year's corresponding period (September 2015).
RIL is the Most Profitable Company in the Nifty 50 List
Nifty Nosh and Orderit.ca were just two of the firms it has swallowed up in the last few months, with others in Australia and New Zealand falling in its acquisitive path.
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The Nifty of the NSE provisionally closed on Tuesday's trade up 39.50 points or 0.44 per cent at 8,969.30 points.
Nifty touches all-time high, crosses 9,000 mark
Through collecting a small sample of peripheral blood from the pregnant woman, NIFTY is able to extract cell free fetal DNA.
BGI obtains patent in 16 countries for non-invasive prenatal genetic test technology
Dr Beattie, from Cardiff-based Innermost Healthcare, which will be providing the NIFTY test for PS295, said: "Many pregnant women are offered screening in the early stages of pregnancy in order to rule out genetic syndromes, called trisomies, among which the most common is Down Syndrome.
New Down's Syndrome test available
Harrison Beale and Owen, based in Leamington, has arranged the charity dinner in support of the Nifty Fifty Challenge organised by the Shakespeare Hospice.
Top band helps boost funds
But at least the nifty fifties are showing them there is something to look forward to.
Fabulous 50s; Record View
The Sensex was trading at 18082, up 5 points and the Nifty was at 5432, up 1.75 points.
India : Nifty trades in tight range RIL BF Utilities most active
ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company has said that it has launched an open-ended index-based fund, which will invest in the stocks that are part of the Nifty Junior Index.
ICICI Prudential introduces Nifty junior index fund
While CNX IT Index fell 1.63 percent to 5744.55, CNX Bank Nifty index fell 0.65 percent to 9526.50.
Indian shares decline 0.94 pct
Razldazl Billy was bred on the highly successful Brett Lee/Staplers Jo cross, to which potent formula Nifty Princess, a granddaughter of Staplers Jo, added a second dose of the sire whose offspring won four successive Irish Oaks from 1999 to 2002.
Ill-fated Billy off mark
Nifty now estimates its consolidated net profit at 1.00 billion yen ($8.43 million), down from the 1.18 billion yen projected in November.
Nifty lowers earnings forecast due to slump at subsidiaries
In "Dressing Nifty After Fifty: The Definitive Guide To A Simple, Stylish Wardrobe", Corinne Richardson shows how anyone on any budget can look nice, build up their wardrobe based on three basic colors, add zest to their appearance through the use of color, look taller and thinner with the right kind of apparel, combine style and comfort with their footwear, get the most out of their clothing budget, and simply "stay gorgeous as time goes by".
Dressing Nifty After Fifty