cum

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used to join two nouns, showing that a person or thing does two things or has two purposes; combined with:

This is my bedroom-cum-study.

used to join two nouns, showing that a person or thing does two things or has two purposes; combined with:

She appointed the actor-cum-diplomat to the post.

used to mean 'with' when describing what the price of particular shares, bonds, etc. includes:

cum bonus/dividend/interest If a share price is 'cum dividend', it means that if you buy it now, you qualify for the dividend.

It is assumed a share or bond is dealing cum rights unless otherwise stated.

used to show that something has two purposes, or that someone does two things:

He now proposes to turn the disused site into a wind farm cum wildlife sanctuary.

Redundancy prompted one man to relaunch himself as a gardener cum odd job man.