thank you

thank you • interj. a polite expression used when acknowledging a gift, service, or compliment, or accepting or refusing an offer: thank you for your letter no thank you, I don't believe I will. • n. an instance or means of expressing thanks: Lucy planned a party as a thank you to the nurses | [as adj.] thank-you letters.

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