(idiomatic) right now, or in the near and foreseeable future

An issue that is subject to, or open for, discussion or debate, to which no satisfactory answer is found; originally, one to be definitively determined by an assembly of the people.

plural of brownie point

(idiomatic, slang, originally US, chiefly in the plural) Credit or praise for good work or a good deed, often for the express purpose of currying favor.

(usually in the plural, Britain) Point awarded to a member of the house of a grammar school or public school for sporting and other achievement.

Alternative form of drypoint

The distance between a gun and a target such that it requires minimal effort in aiming it. In particular no allowance needs to be made for effects of gravity, target movement or wind in aiming the projectile.

Horizontally (as the angle at which a projectile is launched); directly or straight (at the target). / (idiomatic) Directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution.

(mathematics, catastrophe theory) The point at which a slow, reversible change becomes irreversible, often with dramatic consequences.

Alternative form of floating point.