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Postage

The price established by law to be paid for the conveyance of a letter or other mailable matter by a public post.

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Charge 76% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Item 76% connected

Also; as an additional article.

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Token 76% connected

Something intended or supposed to represent or indicate another thing or an event; a sign; a symbol; as, the rainbow is a token of God's covenant est…

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Post 74% connected

Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Post 74% connected

Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.

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Stamp 92% connected

To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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A unknown · 78% connection

The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the…

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Advertisement noun · 78% connection

A public notice, especially a paid notice in some public print; anything that advertises; as, a newspaper containing many advertisemen…

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Arbitrage noun · 78% connection

a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two…

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Assurance noun · 78% connection

Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.

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Backwardation noun · 78% connection

the market condition wherein the price of a forward or futures contract is trading below the expected spot price at contract maturity.…

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Boatage noun · 78% connection

Conveyance by boat; also, a charge for such conveyance.

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Byzantine noun · 78% connection

A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. C (…

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Cheap noun · 78% connection

Having a low price in market; of small cost or price, as compared with the usual price or the real value.

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Fund noun · 78% connection

The stock of a national debt; public securities; evidences (stocks or bonds) of money lent to government, for which interest is paid a…

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Gatepost noun · 78% connection

A post to which a gate is hung; -- called also swinging / hinging post.

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Hanging adjective · 78% connection

Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges.

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Hire noun · 78% connection

The price, reward, or compensation paid, or contracted to be paid, for the temporary use of a thing or a place, for personal service,…

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Izzard noun · 78% connection

The letter z; -- formerly so called. J () J is the tenth letter of the English alphabet. It is a later variant form of the Roman lette…

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Junold adjective · 78% connection

See Gimmal. K () the eleventh letter of the English alphabet, is nonvocal consonant. The form and sound of the letter K are from the L…

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King-post noun · 78% connection

A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It is strictly a tie, intended to prevent the sagging of the tiebeam in the middl…

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Lighterage noun · 78% connection

The price paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter.

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Liturgy adjective · 78% connection

An established formula for public worship, or the entire ritual for public worship in a church which uses prescribed forms; a formular…

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Mail noun · 78% connection

The bag or bags with the letters, papers, papers, or other matter contained therein, conveyed under public authority from one post off…

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