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Calling

of Call

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Business 76% connected

That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or…

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Job 76% connected

A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Occupation 76% connected

The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use;…

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Specialism 76% connected

Devotion to a particular and restricted part or branch of knowledge, art, or science; as, medical specialism.

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Speciality 76% connected

A particular or peculiar case; a particularity.

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Specialization 76% connected

The act of specializing, or the state of being spezialized.

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Specialty 76% connected

Particularity.

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Walk 76% connected

To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate…

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Career 92% connected

A race course: the ground run over.

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Vocation 92% connected

A call; a summons; a citation; especially, a designation or appointment to a particular state, business, or profession.

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Aggregate noun · 78% connection

material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster

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aggregate demand noun · 78% connection

In macroeconomics, the total demand for final goods and services in the economy at a given time and price level.; "The decline in Japa…

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Business cycle noun · 78% connection

recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline

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Crying adjective · 78% connection

conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a gl…

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Cycle noun · 78% connection

a periodically repeated sequence of events; "a cycle of reprisal and retaliation"

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Demand noun · 78% connection

the act of demanding; "the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money"

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Depression noun · 78% connection

a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

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Domestic adjective · 78% connection

of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation; "domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction"

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Economic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; "economic growth"; "aspects of social, polit…

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Economic crisis noun · 78% connection

a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

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Economic growth noun · 78% connection

steady growth in the productive capacity of the economy (and so a growth of national income)

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Fiscal policy noun · 78% connection

a government policy for dealing with the budget (especially with taxation and borrowing)

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GDP noun · 78% connection

the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and…

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Global demand noun · 78% connection

In macroeconomics, the total demand for final goods and services in the economy at a given time and price level.; "The decline in Japa…

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Gross domestic product noun · 78% connection

the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and…

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Growth noun · 78% connection

a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population"

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Increase noun · 78% connection

a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population"

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Inflation noun · 78% connection

a general and progressive increase in prices; "in inflation everything gets more valuable except money"

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Actionable adjective · 78% connection

That may be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, to call a man a thief is actionable.

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Advoke verb · 78% connection

To summon; to call.

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Ahem interj. · 78% connection

An exclamation to call one's attention; hem.

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Alarm verb · 78% connection

To call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one) of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.

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Alloo v. t. / i. · 78% connection

To incite dogs by a call; to halloo.

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Answer noun · 78% connection

To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the like; to reply to (a…

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Apostrophe noun · 78% connection

The contraction of a word by the omission of a letter or letters, which omission is marked by the character ['] placed where the lette…

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Appeal verb · 78% connection

To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.; as, I appeal to a…

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Arraign verb · 78% connection

To call or set as a prisoner at the bar of a court to answer to the matter charged in an indictment or complaint.

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Array noun · 78% connection

To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them man by man.

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Call verb · 78% connection

To utter in a loud or distinct voice; -- often with off; as, to call, or call off, the items of an account; to call the roll of a mili…

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Challenge noun · 78% connection

To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to defy.

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