on the nail

English - Turkish

Definition of on the nail in English Turkish dictionary: oracıkta; hemen; söz konusu; peşin para ile; hemen, derhal; (deyim) on the nail (odemeler icin,kd)(cogu kez pay(cash)...) hemen, derhal

English - English

Definition of on the nail in English English dictionary: immediately, without delay
You shall have ten thousand pounds on the nail. --Beaconsfield.

on the nail

Turkish pronunciation

ôn dhi neyl

Pronunciation

/ˈôn ᴛʜē ˈnāl/ /ˈɔːn ðiː ˈneɪl/

Etymology

() Allegedly from the tradition of striking bargains by placing cash on the nails in Bristol. The Oxford English Dictionary however cites a Anglo-Norman phrase from c. 1360, "payer sur le ungle" to pay on the (finger)nail, meaning "to pay immediately and in full", and quotes parallel usages from 17th century French, Dutch and German sources. It adds that "N.E.D. (1906) notes that: ‘the explanations associating it with certain pillars at the Exchange of Limerick or Bristol are too late to be of any authority in deciding the question’."