nonce

Etymology 1
,, a rebracketing of , , from the dative singular neuter of. The cryptography sense is commonly said to be a contraction of number used once, although this is probably incorrect.

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  A value constructed so as to be unique to a particular message in a stream, in order to prevent replay attacks.
 * 2) * 1999, Network Working Group,  RFC 2617 – HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication, The Internet Society, page 22:
 * The information gained by the eavesdropper would permit a replay attack, but only with a request for the same document, and even that may be limited by the server's choice of nonce.
 * 1) * 1999, Network Working Group,  RFC 2617 – HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication, The Internet Society, page 22:
 * The information gained by the eavesdropper would permit a replay attack, but only with a request for the same document, and even that may be limited by the server's choice of nonce.
 * The information gained by the eavesdropper would permit a replay attack, but only with a request for the same document, and even that may be limited by the server's choice of nonce.

Translations

 * Czech: jednorázová příležitost, jediná příležitost
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, tämä kerta
 * German:, Einmal-
 * Hungarian: egy alkalom
 * Russian: да́нный слу́чай,
 * Turkish: bir kereye mahsus


 * Finnish: kertakäyttöluku, nonssi
 * Spanish: nonce

Adjective

 * 1) One-off; produced or created for a single occasion or use.

Etymology 2
1975., derived from British criminal slang. Several origins have been proposed; possibly derived from dialectal, (but this cannot be shown to predate nonce "child-molester" and is likely a toned-down usage of the same insult), or , , from  or. The rhyme with has also been noted.

As prison slang also said to be an acronym for "Not On Normal Communal Exercise" (Stevens 2012), but this is likely a backronym.

Noun

 * 1)  A sex offender, especially one who is guilty of sexual offences against children.
 * 2) * 1989 "assorted nonces, ponces and murderers, 'the worst men in the world' [...] on the nonce wing, where the child-killers, molesters and various perverts have to be protected from the other prisoners." (New Statesman, New Society, Volume 2, Statesman & Nation Publishing Company Limited)
 * 3)  A pedophile.
 * 4)  A police informer, one who betrays a criminal enterprise
 * 5)  A stupid or worthless person.
 * Shut it, ya nonce!
 * 1)  A stupid or worthless person.
 * Shut it, ya nonce!

Translations

 * Finnish: skinneri
 * French:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish:

Etymology
(with phonetic adaptations), itself borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) nuncio