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Apanage

Same as Appanage.

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Assignment 76% connected

An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.

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Grant 76% connected

To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.

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Perk 76% connected

To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of; as, to perk the ears; to perk up one's head.

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Perquisite 76% connected

Something gained from a place or employment over and above the ordinary salary or fixed wages for services rendered; especially, a fee allowed by law…

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Appanage 92% connected

The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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