See Also: reply(1)(dictionary)
reply(2)(dictionary)
Reply(law)
reply 1, verb(dictionary)
reply 2, noun(dictionary)
reply-paid(dictionary)

reply(1) (iou)



reply noun. M16.
[from the verb.]
(An) answer in words or writing; transf. a response made by a gesture, action, etc. M16.
D. Carnegie Cubellis answered the advertisement, sending his reply to a box number. J. Marquand I had no adequate reply to the question. Times Her Majesty was..pleased to make reply. G. Boycott Trinidad's reply to our total..was to make 392 for eight.
a. Chiefly Scots Law. A response to an answer; a replication. Now rare or obsolete. M16.
b. Law. A pleading by counsel for the prosecution or plaintiff after the final speech for the defence. M19.
A radar signal sent by a transponder in response to interrogation. M20.