Looking for the meaning or definition of the word sacrifice? Here's what it means.
Verb
(transitive) To offer (something) as a gift to a deity.
(transitive) To give away (something valuable) to get at least a possibility to gain something else of value (such as self-respect, trust, love, freedom, prosperity), or to avoid an even greater loss.
(transitive) To trade (a value of higher worth) for one of lesser worth in order to gain something else valued more such as an ally or business relationship or to avoid an even greater loss; to sell without profit to gain something other than money.
(transitive, chess) To intentionally give up (a piece) in order to improve one’s position on the board.
(transitive, baseball) To advance (a runner on base) by batting the ball so it can be caught or fielded, placing the batter out, but with insufficient time to put the runner out.
(dated, tradesmen's slang) To sell at a price less than the cost or actual value.
The offering of anything to a god; a consecratory rite.
Destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else; devotion of some desirable object in behalf of a higher object, or to a calling deemed more pressing.
Something sacrificed.
(baseball) A play in which the batter is intentionally out in order that one or more runners can advance around the bases.
A loss of profit.
(slang, dated) A sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value.
