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Dispensation

The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution; often used of the distribution of good and evil by God to man, or more generically, of the acts and modes of his administration.

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Distribution 76% connected

The act of distributing or dispensing; the act of dividing or apportioning among several or many; apportionment; as, the distribution of an estate am…

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License 76% connected

Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry…

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Percentage 76% connected

A certain rate per cent; the allowance, duty, rate of interest, discount, or commission, on a hundred.

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Permission 76% connected

The act of permitting or allowing; formal consent; authorization; leave; license or liberty granted.

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Permit 76% connected

To consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with.

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Portion 76% connected

That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

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Share 76% connected

The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.

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Variance 76% connected

The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation.

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Dispense 74% connected

To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispens…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dispense 74% connected

To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispens…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Lot 74% connected

That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.

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Lot 74% connected

That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.

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