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Webster 1913 Edition

By-end

By′-endˊ

,

Noun.

Private end or interest; secret purpose; selfish advantage.

[Written also

bye-end

.]

“Profit or some other

by-end

.”

L’Estrange.

Definition 2024

by-end

by-end

English

Noun

by-end ‎(plural by-ends)

A private end or ambition; a secret purpose or design; hidden agenda.
An incidental or subsidiary aim or objective.