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demand |
Noun
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a condition requiring relief |
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demand |
Verb
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request urgently and forcefully |
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demand |
Verb
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claim as due or just |
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demand |
Verb
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ask to be informed of |
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demand |
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summon to court |
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demand |
Verb
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lay legal claim to |
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demand |
Verb
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require as useful, just, or proper |
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demurrage |
Noun
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detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure |
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demurrage |
Noun
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a charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure |
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deferment |
Noun
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act of putting off to a future time |
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deferral |
Noun
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act of putting off to a future time |
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deferral |
Noun
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a state of abeyance or suspended business |
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dawdling |
Noun
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the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working |
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deterrence |
Noun
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the act or process of discouraging actions or preventing occurrences by instilling fear or doubt or anxiety |
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deterrence |
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a communication that makes you afraid to try something |
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deterrence |
Noun
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a negative motivational influence |
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discouragement |
Noun
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the act of discouraging |
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discouragement |
Noun
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the expression of opposition and disapproval |
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discouragement |
Noun
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the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles |
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demand feeding |
Noun
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feeding a baby or animal whenever it shows a need |
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diet |
Noun
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a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan) |
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diet |
Verb
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eat sparingly, for health reasons or to lose weight |
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diet |
Verb
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follow a regimen or a diet, as for health reasons |
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diet |
Noun
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the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods) |
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diet |
Noun
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the usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal) |
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diet |
Noun
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a prescribed selection of foods |
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dumping |
Noun
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selling goods abroad at a price below that charged in the domestic market |
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dutch auction |
Noun
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a method of selling in which the price is reduced until a buyer is found |
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dealing |
Noun
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the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities) |
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dealing |
Noun
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method or manner of conduct in relation to others |
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dole |
Noun
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money received from the state |
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dole |
Noun
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a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given |
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disability insurance |
Noun
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social insurance for the disabled |
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decolonization |
Noun
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the action of changing from colonial to independent status |
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donation |
Noun
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act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity |
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donation |
Noun
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a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause |
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decolonisation |
Noun
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the action of changing from colonial to independent status |
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discount business |
Noun
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the business of selling merchandise at a discount |
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disbandment |
Noun
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the act of disbanding |
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disestablishment |
Noun
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the act terminating an established state of affairs |
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downtick |
Noun
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a transaction in the stock market at a price below the price of the preceding transaction |
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distribution |
Noun
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the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning |
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distribution |
Noun
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the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer |
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distribution |
Noun
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the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume |
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distribution |
Noun
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(statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence |
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dispensation |
Noun
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the act of dispensing (giving out in portions) |
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dispensation |
Noun
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an exemption from some rule or obligation |
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dispensation |
Noun
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a share that has been dispensed or distributed |
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desktop publishing |
Noun
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(computer science) the use of microcomputers with graphics capacity to produce printed materials |
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direct marketing |
Noun
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marketing via a promotion delivered directly to the individual prospective customer |