Constantly alert, intent on finding something or someone.

From one event, a series of insignificant steps resulted in another event.

(of the giving of information) remaining secret or hidden until it is needed to be known (by a particular party).

A murderer will always be discovered. / (idiomatic) Secrets or hidden crimes will eventually be exposed or discovered; nothing that is secret can remain a secret forever.

(nautical) The first port that a vessel calls in at after the start of a voyage / (idiomatic) The first place to go to start a process.

To outlay money which is owed as a membership fee or price of admission.

Relating to the practice of forcing employees not promoted in a timely fashion to terminate employment.

(idiomatic, often literary or poetic) Bread or some other staple foodstuff.

(economics) A resource used to produce goods and services, such as labor, land, or capital.

The practice of forcing employees not promoted in a timely fashion to terminate employment.