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Nonce may refer to:

  • Cryptographic nonce, a number or bit string used only once, in security engineering
  • Nonce word, a word used to meet a need that is not expected to recur
  • The Nonce, American rap duo
  • Nonce orders, an architectural term
  • Nonce, a slang term chiefly used in Britain for alleged or convicted sex offenders, especially ones involving children, as an acronym of ‘Not On Normal Courtyard Exercise’

See also

  • Nuncio, the apostolic and diplomatic representation of the Holy See
  • Hapax legomenon, in corpus linguistics