Love: Zero (score) (e.g. 'To hold to love' means 'to win the game when serving with the opponent scoring zero points'; 'to break to love' means 'to win the game when receiving with the opponent scoring zero points'). Thought to be derived from the french term, 'l'oeuf', literally 'the egg', meaning nothing.

 

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