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noun
- (context, euphemism, US) In Southern New England in the United States, a euphemism for a retail liquor store.
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| panic |
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noun
- overpower, Overpowering fright.
verb (panics, panicking, panicked)
- To feel overwhelming fear.
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| parent company |
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noun
- : A company that owns or controls another company.
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| passed |
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verb
- (past of, pass)
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proper noun (plural Pats)
- (given name, female), short for Patricia
- (given name, male), short for Patrick
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| perform |
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verb
- To do something
- The scientists performed several experiments.
- It took him only twenty minutes to the task.
- To do something in front of an audience in order to entertain it.
- She will in the play
- The magician performed badly - none of his tricks worked.
- The string quartet performed three pieces by Haydn.
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| perpetuity |
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noun
- The quality or state of being perpetual; endless duration; uninterrupted existence.
- Something that is perpetual.
- A limitation intended to be unalterable and of indefinite duration; a disposition of property which attempts to make it inalienable beyond certain limits fixed or conceived as being fixed by the general law.
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| personnel |
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noun
- employees; office staff
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| pink slip |
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noun (singular=pink slip)
- (idiom) (U.S.) notice of the termination of employment
- After 20 years of dedicated service to the firm, they simply handed him a one day.
- (U.S.) the title for an automobile (source is most likely from California, where the title is printed on a smaller index-card sized piece of pink paper, as opposed to most other states where the title is typically a full-size 8 1/2" x 11" sheet, usually printed on blue or blue-green paper with borders, similar to a stock certificate)
- (New South Wales) an automobile roadworthiness inspection certificate
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| pit |
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noun
- A hole in the ground.
- A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip (Eng.) inside a fruit.
- A shell in a drupe containing a seed.
- Area at the auto racetrack used for refueling and repairing the cars during a race
- (music) A section of the marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to march, such as the tam tam. Also, the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed.
- A mine
verb (pit, t, ed)
- (transitive) To bring into opposition, as in "to pit one's wits against someone".
- (transitive) To make pits in.
- Exposure to acid rain pitted the metal.
- (transitive) To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.
- One must a peach to make it ready for a pie.
- (context, intransitive, motor racing) To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.
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| play |
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noun
- Activity for amusement only, especially among the young
- A theatrical performance featuring actors.
- An individual's performance in a sport.
- A major move by a business.
- A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.
- The amount of slackness in a drive chain or similar looped item.
- No wonder the fanbelt is slipping: there"s too much in it.
- (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
verb
- (intransitive): To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation.
- 2001 February, Annabelle Sabloff, Reordering the Natural World, page 83, University of Toronto Press
- : A youngster...listed some of the things his pet did not do: ...go on vacation, in the same way that he did with his friends, and so on.
- 2003 November, Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont et al. (editors), Joining Society: Social Interaction and Learning in Adolescence and Youth, page 52, Cambridge University
- : We had to play for an hour, so that meant that we didn't have time to and joke around.
- (intransitive): To produce music using a musical instrument.
- I've practiced the piano off and on, and I still can't very well.
- (intransitive): To deal with a situation in a diplomatic manner.
- (transitive): To act in a performance as the indicated role.
- He plays the King, and she's the Queen.
- (transitive): To participate in the game indicated.
- football, sports
- cards, poker
- cat and mouse, games
- house, doctor
- (transitive) (ergative): To produce music on the indicated musical instrument.
- I'll the piano and you sing.
- Can you an instrument?
- (transitive) (ergative): To produce music, the indicated song or style, with a musical instrument.
- We especially like to jazz together.
- Play a song for me.
- Do you know how to Fí¼r Elise?
- My son thinks he can music.
- (transitive) (ergative): To use a device to watch or listen to the indicated recording.
- You can the DVD now.
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| plow |
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noun
- spelling; see plough.
verb
- spelling; see plough.
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| PR |
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abbreviation
- (geography) Puerto Rico (US postal abbreviation)
initialism
- public relations
- proportional representation
- Police Report
- Personal Representative
- Personal Recognizance (bond)
- Port Rebublic, (New Jersey)
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| premium |
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noun (pl=premiums, pl2=premia)
- A prize or award.
- Something offered at a reduced price as an inducement to buy something else.
- A bonus paid in addition to normal payments.
- The amount to be paid for an insurance policy.
- An unusually high value.
adjective - Superior in quality; higher in price or value.
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| produce |
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noun
- (defn, English)
verb (produc, es)
- (defn, English)
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| producer |
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noun
- (economics) An individual or organization that creates goods or services
- One who produces an artistic production like a CD, a theater production, a film, a TV program and so on.
- (context, biology) An organism that produces complex organic compounds from simple molecules and an external source of energy.
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| production |
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noun
- the act of produce, producing
- The widget making machine is being used for now.
- the act of being produced
- The widgets are coming out of now.
- the total amount produced
- They hope to increase spaghetti next year.
- the presentation of a theatrical work
- We went to a of Hamlet.
- an occasion or activity made more complicated than necessary
- He made a simple meal into a huge .
- that which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume (as opposed to a prototype or conceptual model)
- This is the final model.
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adjective
- Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile
- yielding good or useful results; constructive
- Of, or relating to the creation of goods or services
- (context, linguistics, of an affix or word construction rule) consistently applicable to any of an open set of words
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| profit margin |
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noun
- The ratio of profit to cash flow of a company expressed as a percentage.
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| promissory |
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adjective
- Containing or consisting of a promise.
- (context, law, of a contractual provision) Stipulating the future actions required of the parties to an insurance policy or other business agreement.
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| protect |
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verb
- To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
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| protection |
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noun
- The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.
- (computing) An instance of a security token associated with a resource (such as a file.)
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| public relations |
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noun - communication by a person or an organization with the purpose of creating a favorable public image
- commonly referred to as PR
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| puff |
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noun
- (countable) A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
- (uncountable) The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.
- out of puff
- (countable) A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
- puff of smoke
- puff of wind
- (context, informal, countable) An act of inhale, inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.
- (context, uncountable, slang) The drug cannabis.
- (countable) A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.
- cream puff
- (context, derogatory, slang, UK, particularly northern UK) a homosexual; a poof
verb
- (intransitive) To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.
- (intransitive) To pant.
- (transitive) To advertise (archaic)
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| put |
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noun
- A contract to sell stock at a set price on or before a certain date.
- He bought a January '08 for Procter and Gamble at 80 to hedge his bet.
verb (puts, putting, put)
- To place something somewhere
- She her books on the table.
- To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition
- Put your horse in order!
- He is putting all his energy into this one task.
- She tends to herself in dangerous situations.
- (context, stock market) To exercise a put option
- He got out of his Procter and Gamble bet by putting his shares at 80.
- To express something in a certain manner
- When you it that way, I guess I can see your point.
- (sport) To throw a heavy iron ball. See shot put.
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| pyramid |
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noun
- An ancient massive construction with a square or rectangular base and four triangular sides meeting in an apex, such as those built as tombs in Egypt or as bases for temples in Mesoamerica.
- A construction in the shape of a pyramid, usually with a square or rectangular base.
- (geometry) A solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal (often square or rectangular) base.
- A pyramid scheme.
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| pyramid scheme |
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noun
- An illicit money-making investment scheme whereby early investors are paid primarily or wholly by later investors. Eventually all such schemes fail to the detriment of recent (later) investors.
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