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capitalism |
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an economic system based on private ownership of capital |
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capitalist economy |
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an economic system based on private ownership of capital |
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closed corporation |
Noun
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a corporation owned by a few people |
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close corporation |
Noun
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a corporation owned by a few people |
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communist economy |
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the managed economy of a communist state |
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choir school |
Noun
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a school that is part of a cathedral or monastery where boys with singing ability can receive a general education |
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closely held corporation |
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stock is publicly traded but most is held by a few shareholders who have no plans to sell |
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charter school |
Noun
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an experimental public school for kindergarten through grade 12 |
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coevals |
Noun
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all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age |
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contemporaries |
Noun
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all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age |
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coven |
Noun
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an assembly of witches |
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common front |
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a movement in which several individuals or groups with different interests join together |
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cultural movement |
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a group of people working together to advance certain cultural goals |
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close order |
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a military formation for drill or marching |
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commercial law |
Noun
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the body of rules applied to commercial transactions |
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cavalcade |
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a procession of people traveling on horseback |
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callithump parade |
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a noisy boisterous parade |
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cortege |
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the group following and attending to some important person |
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cortege |
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a funeral procession |
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conga line |
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a line of people in single file performing the conga dance |
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congeries |
Noun
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a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together |
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commercial bank |
Noun
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a financial institution that accepts demand deposits and makes loans and provides other services for the public |
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checkout line |
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a queue of people waiting to pay for purchases |
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chow line |
Noun
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a queue of people waiting for food to be served (especially at a military camp) |
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coppice |
Noun
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a dense growth of bushes |
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consumer finance company |
Noun
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a finance company that makes loans to people who have trouble getting a bank loan |
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copse |
Noun
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a dense growth of bushes |
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canebrake |
Noun
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a dense growth of cane (especially giant cane) |
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captive finance company |
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a finance company owned by a manufacturer to finance dealers' inventories or to make loans to consumers buying the company's products |
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chaparral |
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dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes |
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commercial finance company |
Noun
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a finance company that makes loans to manufacturers and wholesalers |
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commercial credit company |
Noun
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a finance company that makes loans to manufacturers and wholesalers |
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constructivism |
Noun
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an abstractionist artistic movement in Russia after World War I |
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cubism |
Noun
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an artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes |
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child welfare agency |
Noun
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an administrative unit responsible for social work concerned with the welfare and vocational training of children |
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child welfare service |
Noun
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an administrative unit responsible for social work concerned with the welfare and vocational training of children |
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chosen people |
Noun
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any people believing themselves to be chosen by God |
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Caesarism |
Noun
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a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) |
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commuter traffic |
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traffic created by people going to or returning from work |
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canon law |
Noun
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the body of codified laws governing the affairs of a Christian church |
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city district |
Noun
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a district of a town or city |
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county line |
Noun
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the boundary between two counties |
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city line |
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the boundary of a city |
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conurbation |
Noun
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an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities |
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checkpoint |
Noun
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a place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance |
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cabstand |
Noun
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a place where taxis park while awaiting customers |
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canton |
Noun
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a small administrative division of a country |
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canton |
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to divide into cantons, of a country |
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canton |
Verb
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to provide housing for military personnel |
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campsite |
Noun
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a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent |