A tax-deferred trust account created by the U.S. government to assist families in funding educational expenses for beneficiaries 18 years old or younger. While more than one ESA can be set up for a single beneficiary, the total maximum contribution per year for any single beneficiary is $2,000. Next Up.
A chute is a steep, narrow slope down which people or things can slide. Passengers escaped from the plane's front four exits by sliding down emergency chutes. Synonyms: slope, channel, slide, incline More Synonyms of chute
lute (plural lutes) A fretted stringed instrument of European origin, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.