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• scot
  scot

  noun

  a payment or charge.
• Scot
  Scot

  noun

  a native or inhabitant of Scotland.
• Scot.
  Scot.

  abbreviation

  Scotch.

scot

¹ American  

[skot] / skɒt /

noun

History/Historical.

1. a payment or charge.

2. one's share of a payment or charge.

3. an assessment or tax.

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Scot ² American  

[skot] / skɒt /

noun

Scots plural

1. a native or inhabitant of Scotland.

2. one of an ancient Gaelic people who came from northern Ireland about the 6th century a.d. and settled in the northwestern part of Great Britain, and after whom Scotland was named.

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Scot ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Scots.

2. Scottish.

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Scot. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. Scotch.

2. Scotland.

3. Scottish.

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Scot. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Scotch (whisky)

2. Scotland

3. Scottish

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Scot ² British  

/ skɒt /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Scotland

2. a member of a tribe of Celtic raiders from the north of Ireland who carried out periodic attacks against the British mainland coast from the 3rd century _ad , eventually settling in N Britain during the 5th and 6th centuries

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scot Idioms  

1. see get off (scot-free).

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Commonly Confused

See Scotch.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Scots
  plural

Etymology

Origin of scot¹

1200–50; Middle English < Old Norse skattr tax, treasure; cognate with Old English gescot payment

Origin of Scot²

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English Scottas (plural), from Late Latin Scottī “the Irish”

Example Sentences

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scot Scot Scot. Scots

ULA’s design means large losses may be heavily taxed while big gains go scot free.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2025

You’re not going to get away with deceiving your partner scot free—your conscience, for one thing, won’t allow it.

From Slate ● Feb. 1, 2021

"Whether he knew about it or not, Eric was married and quite a lot older than my mum. Then he went off to Australia. I think he got off scot free," she says.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2020

So either the wrongdoers got off scot free, or the SEC shouldn’t have brought the case it did against the company.

From BusinessWeek ● Feb. 10, 2011

And the big yeller dog that had caused all the trouble got off scot free.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson

Near the bar, a man with an obscure top passed around a World Cup trophy which barely registered with the kilted Scot and pals, their eyes fixed on the game beaming in from Seattle.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

Scot Turner’s broker, who’s long ignored his calls, buzzed him recently with a great opportunity—a previously closed private-equity fund.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

The tool identified various combinations of factors such as pressure and temperature inside the drug’s manufacturing equipment that could be tweaked to shorten the process, said Scot Lindsey, senior vice president of manufacturing and quality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

Campbell started performing as a teenager to make friends; Robertson did so after the “lightbulb moment” of seeing fellow Scot David Tennant in “Doctor Who.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

The whimpering Scot crept toward the cockpit, keeping low to the floor of the aircraft to avoid having to look out.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

"I'm married to a Bengali Scot. My son is going out with a Kurdish refugee."

From BBC ● May 31, 2016

Chardy converts with a superb point, pulling Murray all over the court before nailing a cross-court forehand past the Scot. 1-1 in the first, two breaks already.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2015

Hist. of the Suf. of Ch. of Scot. vol. i. p.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

Peterkin's Rec. of Kirk of Scot. p. 672.29.P.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

Iohn Scot. vnto him out of other countries, as Asserius Meneuensis bishop of Shirborne, & Werefridus the bishop of Worcester, who by his commandement translated the bookes of Gregories dialogs into English.

From Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (6 of 8) The Sixt Booke of the Historie of England by Holinshed, Raphael

However, about one in 10 Scots - and a similar proportion of English people - said they would support their neighbours.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

"So it would not surprise me to know that many Scots will support Norway on Saturday."

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

New England is ready to absorb Scotland as its seventh state as soon as the Scots agree to stop pronouncing their r’s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

The biggest disappointment, really, is the loss of the aforementioned Scots, and the accompanying North American beer glut which is surely to follow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

The Ulster Scots were, for the most part, foot soldiers in the formation of the North American empire.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz