sightholder
n.— «De Beers, 45 percent owned by Anglo American, has slashed the number of its so-called sightholders, or dealers allowed to buy its prestigious gems, leaving many small- and medium-sized businesses out in the cold.» —“Antwerp’s diamonds’ fate with India” in Antwerp, Netherlands Financial Express (New Delhi, India) July 11, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
What if, instead of being an inanimate object, a dictionary were alive? That’s the idea behind a lavishly illustrated new children’s book called The Dictionary Story (Bookshop|Amazon) by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston. This is part of a...
Mary Beth in Greenville, South Carolina, wonders: Why do we say four-oh-nine for the number 409 instead of four-zero-nine or four-aught-nine? What are the rules for saying either zero or oh or aught or ought to indicate that arithmetical symbol...