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bank account |
Noun
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a fund that a customer has entrusted to a bank and from which the customer can make withdrawals |
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blank cheque |
Noun
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a check that has been signed but with the amount payable left blank |
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bank note |
Noun
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a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank) |
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banknote |
Noun
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a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank) |
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bank loan |
Noun
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a loan made by a bank |
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business loan |
Noun
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a bank loan granted for the use of a business |
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blind trust |
Noun
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a trust that enables a person to avoid possible conflict of interest by transferring assets to a fiduciary |
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budget deficit |
Noun
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an excess of expenditures over revenues |
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bank card |
Noun
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a credit card issued by a bank |
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bill of exchange |
Noun
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a document ordering the payment of money |
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bawbee |
Noun
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an old Scottish coin of little value |
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bezant |
Noun
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a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire |
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bezzant |
Noun
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a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire |
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bread and butter |
Noun
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the financial means whereby one lives |
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byzant |
Noun
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a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire |
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bank line |
Noun
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the maximum credit that a customer is allowed |
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Bermuda plan |
Noun
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a hotel plan that provides a full breakfast daily |
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bond certificate |
Noun
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a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money |
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balance sheet |
Noun
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a record of the financial situation of an institution on a particular date by listing its assets and the claims against those assets |
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book of account |
Noun
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a record in which commercial accounts are recorded |
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budget |
Noun
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a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them |
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budget |
Noun
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a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose |
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budget |
Verb
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to make a budget |
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balanced budget |
Noun
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a budget is balanced when current expenditures are equal to receipts |
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background processing |
Noun
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the execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system |
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backgrounding |
Noun
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the execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system |
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bacteriolysis |
Noun
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dissolution or destruction of bacteria |
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bacteriostasis |
Noun
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inhibition of the growth of bacteria |
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basal metabolic rate |
Noun
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the rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state |
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basal metabolism |
Noun
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the amount of energy required to maintain the body of an individual in a resting state |
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batch processing |
Noun
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the serial execution of computer programs |
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beach erosion |
Noun
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the erosion of beaches |
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bed-wetting |
Noun
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enuresis during sleep |
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balance of trade |
Noun
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the difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of merchandise |
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beta decay |
Noun
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radioactive decay of an atomic nucleus that is accompanied by the emission of a beta particle |
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biochemical mechanism |
Noun
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a chemical mechanism involved in vital processes occurring in living organisms |
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biosynthesis |
Noun
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production of a chemical compound by a living organism |
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blood coagulation |
Noun
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a process in which liquid blood is changed into a semisolid mass (a blood clot) |
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blood clotting |
Noun
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a process in which liquid blood is changed into a semisolid mass (a blood clot) |
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blooming |
Adjective
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informal intensifiers |
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blooming |
Noun
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the organic process of bearing flowers |
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blossoming |
Noun
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the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms |
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balance of payments |
Noun
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a system of recording all of a country's economic transactions with the rest of the world over a period of one year |
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balance of international payments |
Noun
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a system of recording all of a country's economic transactions with the rest of the world over a period of one year |
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blowing |
Noun
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processing that involves blowing a gas |
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bluing |
Noun
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a process that makes something blue (or bluish) |
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bluing |
Noun
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used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge |
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blueing |
Noun
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a process that makes something blue (or bluish) |
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blueing |
Noun
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used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge |
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bodily process |
Noun
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an organic process that takes place in the body |