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Poundage

A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission.

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Charge 76% connected

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

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Fee 76% connected

property; possession; tenure.

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Seizure 76% connected

The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property…

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Weight 76% connected

The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially wh…

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Pound 74% connected

To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.

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Pound 74% connected

To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.

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Impounding 92% connected

of Impound

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Internment 92% connected

Confinement within narrow limits, -- as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country.

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(physics) a rate of increase of velocity

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(physics) the rate of change of the angular velocity of a rotating body

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(physics) the rate of change of the angular position of a rotating body; usually expressed in radians per second or radians per minute

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Center of buoyancy noun · 78% connection

(physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object

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Center of immersion noun · 78% connection

(physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object

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Centre of buoyancy noun · 78% connection

(physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object

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Centre of immersion noun · 78% connection

(physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object

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Cohesion noun · 78% connection

(physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid

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Coriolis force noun · 78% connection

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Electric energy noun · 78% connection

(physics) the potential energy of an electric charge in an electric field, or of an electric current in a magnetic field.

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Energy noun · 78% connection

(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs;…

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Force noun · 78% connection

(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity; "force equals mass times acceleration"

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Free energy noun · 78% connection

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(physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near it…

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Gravitational force noun · 78% connection

(physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near it…

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Apotome noun · 78% connection

The remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone.

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Bank discount noun · 78% connection

interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan

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Blackmail noun · 78% connection

Black rent, or rent paid in corn, flesh, or the lowest coin, a opposed to "white rent", which paid in silver.

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Bond noun · 78% connection

A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a f…

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Branch noun · 78% connection

A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters.

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Commission verb · 78% connection

To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform certain acts; to…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deducted, pound, certain, paid, commission.
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Commissionary adjective · 78% connection

Of, pertaining to, or conferring, a commission; conferred by a commission or warrant.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deducted, pound, certain, paid, commission.
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Commissive adjective · 78% connection

Relating to commission; of the nature of, or involving, commission.

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Cost verb · 78% connection

The amount paid, charged, or engaged to be paid, for anything bought or taken in barter; charge; expense; hence, whatever, as labor, s…

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Credit verb · 78% connection

To enter upon the credit side of an account; to give credit for; as, to credit the amount paid; to set to the credit of; as, to credit…

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Deductible adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being deducted, taken away, or withdrawn.

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Deduction noun · 78% connection

That which is deducted; the part taken away; abatement; as, a deduction from the yearly rent.

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