arity|arities in English

noun

total number of items involved in a particular relationship; number of arguments taken by a particular function (Computer Programming); number of arguments taken by a predicate (Linguistics)

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1. Again: rheme (by which Peirce meant a relation of arbitrary Adicity or arity) was a first, proposition was a

2. In some languages functions may have variable arity which sometimes means their last or only argument Explanation of Adicity

3. Informal a charity worker who approaches people in the street to ask for financial support for the charity, esp regular support by direct debit Word Origin for Chugger C21: ch (arity) + (m) ugger