Nonce
/nɒns/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:7 ptsWWF:10 pts5 letters
Definition of Nonce
noun
- The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose (now only in for the nonce).
"That will do for the nonce, but we'll need a better answer for the long term."
- A nonce word.
"I had thought that the term was a nonce, but it seems as if it's been picked up by other authors."
- A value constructed so as to be unique to a particular message in a stream, in order to prevent replay attacks.