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commercial enterprise |
Noun
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the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects |
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commercial enterprise |
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an enterprise connected with commerce |
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commercial activity |
Noun
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activity undertaken as part of a commercial enterprise |
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catering |
Noun
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providing food and services |
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coup d'etat |
Noun
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a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force |
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countercoup |
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a sudden and decisive overthrow of a government that gained power by a coup d'etat |
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criminalization |
Noun
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legislation that makes something illegal |
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criminalisation |
Noun
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legislation that makes something illegal |
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curb |
Noun
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the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess |
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curb |
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an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter) |
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curb |
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a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse |
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curb |
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to place restrictions on |
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curb |
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to put down by force or authority |
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curb |
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to keep to the curb |
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curb |
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to lessen the intensity of |
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confinement |
Noun
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the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them |
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confinement |
Noun
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the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary) |
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confinement |
Noun
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the state of being confined |
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confinement |
Noun
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concluding state of pregnancy |
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craft fair |
Noun
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a fair at which objects made by craftsmen are offered for sale |
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car boot sale |
Noun
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an outdoor sale at which people sell things from the trunk of their car |
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clearance sale |
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a sale to reduce inventory |
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closeout |
Noun
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a sale intended to dispose of all remaining stock |
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containment |
Noun
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the act of containing |
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containment |
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(physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor |
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containment |
Noun
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a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully |
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crackdown |
Noun
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severely repressive actions |
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circumscription |
Noun
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the act of circumscribing |
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constraint |
Noun
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the act of constraining |
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constraint |
Noun
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a device that retards something's motion |
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constraint |
Noun
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the state of being physically constrained |
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commissioning |
Noun
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the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions |
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constriction |
Noun
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the action or process of compressing |
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constriction |
Noun
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a tight feeling in some part of the body |
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constriction |
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tight or narrow compression |
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constriction |
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a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel |
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civic duty |
Noun
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the responsibilities of a citizen |
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civic responsibility |
Noun
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the responsibilities of a citizen |
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calming |
Noun
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the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of) |
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clearance |
Noun
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permission to proceed |
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clearance |
Noun
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the distance by which one thing clears another |
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clearance |
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vertical space available to allow easy passage under something |
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conciliation |
Noun
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the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity |
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conciliation |
Noun
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any of various forms of mediation whereby disputes may be settled short of arbitration |
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conciliation |
Noun
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the state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after being reconciled |
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compensatory spending |
Noun
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spending money raised by borrowing |
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channelization |
Noun
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management through specified channels of communication |
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channelisation |
Noun
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management through specified channels of communication |
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canalization |
Noun
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management through specified channels of communication |
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canalization |
Noun
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the production of a canal or a conversion to canals |