3 example sentences using cant.

Cant used in a sentence

Cant in a sentence as a noun

Also, during a decent period of time, mercantilism became a big factor in economic thinking.

Something I thought slightly peculiar given that he was supposed to be investing his own, significant funds along with B. Plus, I don't believe that he actually did any measurable work during the time period that would justify it based on what I knew at the time.

Cant in a sentence as a verb

You've already made a significant investment into the company, and from their perspective, an ideal/successful squeeze-out is one that deprives you of that ownership interest entirely.

Cant definitions

noun

stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition

See also: buzzword

noun

a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force

See also: bank camber

noun

a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"

See also: slang jargon lingo argot patois vernacular

noun

insincere talk about religion or morals

noun

two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees

See also: bevel chamfer

verb

heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"

See also: tilt slant pitch