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the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan"
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any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound; "calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and arag…
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Roots and affixes.(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Roots and affixes.headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in ‘college-bound students’; "children bound for…
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Roots and affixes.a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; e.g. an ‘-s’ at the end of plural nouns
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Roots and affixes.a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; e.g. an ‘-s’ at the end of plural nouns
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Roots and affixes.the act of combining things to form a new whole
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Roots and affixes.the act of combining things to form a new whole
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Roots and affixes.a bound form used only in compounds; "‘hemato-’ is a combining form in words like ‘hematology’"
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Roots and affixes.the act of combining things to form a new whole
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Roots and affixes.the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected form…
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Roots and affixes.headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in ‘college-bound students’; "children bound for…
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Roots and affixes.(used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm; "extremist political views"; "radical opinions on education"; "an ultra conservati…
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Roots and affixes.the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected form…
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Roots and affixes.people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave"
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Roots and affixes.a morpheme that can occur alone
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Roots and affixes.a morpheme that can occur alone
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Roots and affixes.people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave"
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A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds; hence, in the plural, equivalent to stocks.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stock, basic, facilities, capital, equipment.In macroeconomics, the total demand for final goods and services in the economy at a given time and price level.; "The decline in Japa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stock, basic, facilities, capital, equipment.One of a class of strongly basic substances derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms by a basic atom or radic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stock, basic, facilities, capital, equipment.A combining form, especially in anatomical and botanical words, to indicate the base or position at or near a base; forming a base; as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stock, basic, facilities, capital, equipment.That part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stock, basic, facilities, capital, equipment.capital which the business borrows from institutions or people; includes various debentures.; "Capital contributed by the owner or ent…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stock, basic, facilities, capital, equipment.Money, property, or stock employed in trade, manufactures, etc.; the sum invested or lent, as distinguished from the income or interes…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stock, basic, facilities, capital, equipment.a tax on capital gains; "he avoided the capital gains tax by short selling"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stock, basic, facilities, capital, equipment.To convert into capital, or to use as capital.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stock, basic, facilities, capital, equipment.the expenditure in specific terms (per unit of production) of material resources (basic and auxiliary materials, fuel, energy, and dep…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stock, basic, facilities, capital, equipment.The state of things produced by a combination of persons, who buy up the whole or the available part of any stock or species of proper…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stock, basic, facilities, capital, equipment.In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See Base course, under Base.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stock, basic, facilities, capital, equipment.(medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group; "erectil…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stock, basic, facilities, capital, equipment.(medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group; "erectil…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stock, basic, facilities, capital, equipment.
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