centerpiece
noun
- ornamental display for the center of a table
Wiktionary
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der. Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)der. Latin centrumder. Middle French centrebor. Middle English center English center English piece English centerpiece From center + piece.
- US standard spelling of centrepiece.
“The debt is fictional, the families’ lawyers said in Thursday’s filing, and “a centerpiece of Jones’s plan to avoid compensating the Sandy Hook families.””