rider

Definitions

• One who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle.
• (politics) A provision annexed to a bill under the consideration of a legislature, having little connection with the subject matter of the bill.
• (by extension) Something extra or burdensome that is imposed.
• An amendment or addition to an entertainer's performance contract, often covering a performer's equipment or food, drinks, and general comfort requirements.
• (insurance) An additional benefit attached to an insurance contract.
• A small, sliding piece of aluminium on a chemical balance, used to determine small weights.
• (UK) An agent who goes out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveller.
• (obsolete) One who breaks in or manages a horse.
• (cartomancy) The first Lenormand card, also known as either the horseman or the cavalier.
• (math) A problem of extra difficulty added to another on an examination paper.
• An old Dutch gold coin with the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.
• (mining) Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it.
• (shipbuilding) An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen the frame.
• (nautical) The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold.
• A small forked weight which straddles the beam of a balance, along which it can be moved in the manner of the weight on a steelyard.
• (obsolete) A robber.
• (chess) A piece, such as the rook or bishop, which moves any distance in one direction, as long as no other piece is in the way.