Integer and Single

noun

• Any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero.
  • usage: "an integer is a number that is not a fraction"
  • synonyms: whole number

noun

• A base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base.
  • synonyms: bingle
• The smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number.
  • usage: "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one"
  • synonyms: one, 1, I, ace, unity

verb

• Hit a single.
  • usage: "the batter singled to left field"

adjective

• Being or characteristic of a single thing or person.
  • usage: "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways"
  • synonyms: individual
• Used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals.
  • usage: "single chrysanthemums resemble daisies and may have more than one row of petals"
• Existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual.
  • usage: "upon the hill stood a single tower"; "had but a single thought which was to escape"; "a single survivor"; "a single serving"; "a single lens"; "a single thickness"
• Not married or related to the unmarried state.
  • usage: "unmarried men and women"; "unmarried life"; "sex and the single girl"; "single parenthood"; "are you married or single"
  • synonyms: unmarried
• Characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing.
  • usage: "an individual serving"; "single occupancy"; "a single bed"
  • synonyms: individual
• Having uniform application.
  • usage: "a single legal code for all"
• Not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective.
  • usage: "judging a contest with a single eye"; "a single devotion to duty"; "undivided affection"; "gained their exclusive attention"
  • synonyms: undivided, exclusive

• (a.) Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.
• (a.) Performed by one person or one on each side; as, a single combat.
• (v.t.) To take alone or one by one.
• (n.) A hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base only.
• (v.t.) To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to separate.
• (a.) Alone; having no companion.
• (n.) A unit; one; as, to score a single.
• (a.) Not doubled, twisted together or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope.
• (n.) A handful of gleaned grain.
• (a.) Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.
• (n.) A game with but one player on each side; -- usually in the plural.
• (v.t.) To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.
• (a.) One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.
• (a.) Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman.
• (n.) The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.
• (a.) Simple; not wise; weak; silly.
• (v.i.) To take the irrregular gait called single-foot;- said of a horse. See Single-foot.

You may file as a' Single' taxpayer if you are unmarried, divorced or legally separated, either according to your state law or under a separate maintenance decree, and you don't qualify for another filing status. Your marital status the last day of the tax year determines your filing status, so in most cases if you are not married on Dec. 31, you will file as single in April.