The state of being brothers or a brother.
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Colonialism
exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country
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negotiation between an employer and trade union
Used in the same subject area: Law, Employment law.The act of exploiting or utilizing.
Used in the same subject area: Law, Employment law.an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"
Used in the same subject area: Law, Employment law.the lowest wage that an employer is allowed to pay; determined by contract or by law
Used in the same subject area: Law, Employment law.A paternity leave is a parental leave that a father can take after the birth of his child.; "Don't worry Petunia, I'll take a paternit…
Used in the same subject area: Law, Employment law.wages paid to an employee who is on sick leave
Used in the same subject area: Law, Employment law.An organized combination among workmen for the purpose of maintaining their rights, privileges, and interests with respect to wages, h…
Used in the same subject area: Law, Employment law.Alt. of Trade union
Used in the same subject area: Law, Employment law.The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.
Used in the same subject area: Law, Employment law.of Use
Used in the same subject area: Law, Employment law.an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly); "capitalistic exploitation of the working class"; "paying Blacks le…
Used in the same subject area: Law, Employment law.an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly); "capitalistic exploitation of the working class"; "paying Blacks le…
Used in the same subject area: Law, Employment law.Of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic, wars.
Used in the same subject area: History, Political history.A state; a body politic consisting of a certain number of men, united, by compact or tacit agreement, under one form of government and…
Used in the same subject area: History, Political history.Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained and directly exercised by the people.
Used in the same subject area: History, Political history.the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"
Used in the same subject area: History, Political history.an operating system that is on a disk
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A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the ot…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exploitation, stronger, country, weaker, resources.the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exploitation, stronger, country, weaker, resources.the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exploitation, stronger, country, weaker, resources.Unglazed white porcelain.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exploitation, stronger, country, weaker, resources.the exploitation of black people (especially with regard to stereotyped roles in movies)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exploitation, stronger, country, weaker, resources.A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exploitation, stronger, country, weaker, resources.One of the quinine group of alkaloids, found especially in red cinchona bark. It is a white crystalline substance, C19H22N2O, with a b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exploitation, stronger, country, weaker, resources.Of or pertaining to comparison.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exploitation, stronger, country, weaker, resources.A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronou…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exploitation, stronger, country, weaker, resources.To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exploitation, stronger, country, weaker, resources.Same as Exploitation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exploitation, stronger, country, weaker, resources.To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters depo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exploitation, stronger, country, weaker, resources.The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or me…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exploitation, stronger, country, weaker, resources.Diluting; making thinner or weaker by admixture, esp. of water.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exploitation, stronger, country, weaker, resources.One who, or that which, dilutes or makes thin, more liquid, or weaker.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exploitation, stronger, country, weaker, resources.To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exploitation, stronger, country, weaker, resources.Pertaining to the household; domestic.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exploitation, stronger, country, weaker, resources.The act of exploiting or accomplishing; achievement.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exploitation, stronger, country, weaker, resources.
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