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verb
- grant a charter to
- (transitive) To grant or establish a charter.
- (transitive) To lease or hire something by charter.
- hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
- engage for service under a term of contract
- (transitive, Canada, law) (of a peace officer) To inform (an arrestee) of their constitutional rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms upon arrest.
noun
- A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.
- A similar document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
- a contract to hire or lease transportation
- a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation
- The temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle.
- A deed (legal contract).
- A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
- (UK, derogatory, in a noun phrase with another noun which is either an agent or action) a provision whose unintended consequence would be to encourage an undesirable activity
- A contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel, or space on a vessel.
adj
noun
- A written deed; a charter.
- A ranked listing of competitors, as of recorded music.
- A map illustrating the geography of a specific phenomenon.
- A diagram.
- A graph.
- (differential geometry, topology) Synonym of coordinate chart.
- A tabular presentation of data; a table.
- A navigator's map.
- A record of a patient's diagnosis, care instructions, and recent history.
- (usually plural) a listing of best-selling recorded music
- a visual display of information
- a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea
verb
- To enter (medical information) into a medical record.
- (transitive) To draw a chart or map of.
- (transitive) To draw or figure out (a route or plan).
- (intransitive, of a record or artist) To appear on a hit-recording chart.
- (transitive) To record systematically.
- make a chart of
- plan in detail
- represent by means of a graph
noun
verb
adj
- established or chartered or authorized by royalty
- invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown
- being of the rank of a monarch
- of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
- belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
- (boxing, military) Free-for-all, especially involving multiple combatants.
- (chess) Describing a piece which, if captured, results in loss of game.
- (nautical) In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails.
- (informal) Used as an intensifier.
- Having the air or demeanour of a monarch; illustrious; magnanimous; of more than common size or excellence.
- Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.
noun
- stag with antlers of 12 or more branches
- a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast
- (military) A small mortar.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies.
- A stag with twelve points (six on each antler).
- A tuft of beard on the lower lip.
- The fourth tine of an antler's beam.
- An old English gold coin, the rial.
- (nautical, sailing) In large sailing ships, square sail over the topgallant sail.
- (somewhat informal, often capitalised) A royal person; a member of a royal family.
- (campanology) Bell changes rung on ten bells.
- (paper) A standard size of writing paper, measuring 24 by 19 inches.
- (card games) In auction bridge, a royal spade.
- (paper, printing) A standard size of printing paper, measuring 25 by 20 inches.
noun
- an official document granting a right or privilege
- A licence or (formal) permission to do something.
- a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
- A declaration issued by a government agency that the inventor of a new invention has the sole privilege of making, selling, or using the claimed invention for a specified period.
- (by extension) A product in respect of which a patent (sense 1.2.2) has been obtained.
- An official document granting an appointment, privilege, or right, or some property or title; letters patent.
- (US, historical) A specific grant of ownership of a piece of real property; a land patent.
- (gambling) The combination of seven bets on three selections, offering a return even if only one bet comes in.
- (uncountable) Ellipsis of patent leather (“a varnished, high-gloss leather typically used for accessories and shoes”).
- A characteristic or quality that one possesses; in particular (hyperbolic) as if exclusively; a monopoly.
- (originally) A grant of a monopoly over the manufacture, sale, and use of goods.
adj
- (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage
- clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
- (botany) Of a branch, leaf, etc.: outspread; also, spreading at right angles to the axis.
- (by extension, figuratively) To which someone has, or seems to have, a claim or an exclusive claim; also, inventive or particularly suited for.
- (baking) Of flour: fine, and consisting mostly of the inner part of the endosperm of the grain from which it is milled.
- Explicit and obvious.
- (medicine, veterinary medicine) Of an infection: in the phase when the organism causing it can be detected by clinical tests.
- Conspicuous; open; unconcealed.
- (medicine) Open, unobstructed; specifically, especially of the ductus arteriosus or foramen ovale in the heart, having not closed as would have happened in normal development.
- (law) Protected by a legal patent.
verb
- obtain a patent for
- grant rights to; grant a patent for
- make open to sight or notice
- (US, historical) To obtain (over a piece of real property) a specific grant of ownership.
- To (successfully) register (a new invention) with a government agency to obtain the sole privilege of its manufacture, sale, and use for a specified period.
- (transitive, figuratively) To be closely associated or identified with (something); to monopolize.
adj
- Being established, permitted, required or prescribed by law.
- Following the rules or syntax of a system, such as a game or a programming language.
- Having its basis in the law.
- (informal) Above the age of consent or the legal drinking age.
- (Philippines) Of paper or document layouts, measuring 8+¹⁄₂ × 13 inches (216 × 330 mm).
- Permitting the use and/or sale of cannabis; in which cannabis is lawful.
- Relating to the law or to lawyers.
- (Canada, US) Of paper or document layouts, measuring 8+¹⁄₂ × 14 inches (216 × 356 mm).
- of or relating to jurisprudence
- established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
- allowed by official rules
- having legal efficacy or force
- relating to or characteristic of the profession of law
noun
- (uncountable, informal) The legal department of a company or organization.
- (countable) A spy who is attached to, and ostensibly employed by, an embassy, military outpost, etc.
- (countable, informal, US) One who immigrated lawfully.
- (uncountable, Canada, US) A paper sheet or document measuring 8+¹⁄₂ × 14 inches (216 × 356 mm).
noun
- A document containing or certifying this contract.
- Wise, advantageous, or politic conduct; prudence, formerly also with connotations of craftiness.
- (Scotland, now chiefly in the plural) The grounds of a large country house.
- A principle of behaviour, conduct which an entity (government, organization, etc.) applies or seeks to follow, especially as formally expressed by an authoritative body.
- A document describing such a policy.
- A contract of insurance.
- A number pool lottery
- a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group
- a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government
- written contract or certificate of insurance
verb
noun
- The granting of a certificate.
- The act of certifying.
- A professional qualification that certifies a person's ability.
- a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
- confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence
- validating the authenticity of something or someone
- the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on
noun
- A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
- Ellipsis of driver's license.
- The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.
- Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech).
- Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.
- excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
- freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
- the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
- a legal document giving official permission to do something
verb
noun
- A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission
- Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
- any authorization to pass or go somewhere
- (cooking) The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.
- An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
- A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
- An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.
- (fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
- A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
- (computing, slang) A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
- (computing) A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
- The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
- A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
- Success in an examination or similar test.
- (sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
- (rail transport) A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it.
- An attempt.
- (figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit.
- A sexual advance (often in the phrase make a pass).
- (baseball) An intentional walk.
- (sports) The act of overtaking; an overtaking manoeuvre.
- a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions
- a flight or run by an aircraft over a target
- a usually brief attempt
- a permit to enter or leave a military installation
- an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
- the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
- (military) a written leave of absence
- success in satisfying a test or requirement
- a difficult juncture
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
- a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
- a complimentary ticket
- (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
- one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)
verb
- (intransitive) To proceed without hindrance or opposition.
- (intransitive) To move or be moved from one place to another.
- (transitive) To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.
- (intransitive, stative, sociology) To be accepted by others as a member of a race, sex, or other group to which one does not belong or would not have originally appeared to belong; especially to be considered white although one has black ancestry, or a woman although one was assigned male at birth or vice versa.
- (intransitive) To continue.
- (intransitive, law) To make a judgment on or upon a person or case.
- (intransitive, American football) To throw the ball, generally downfield, towards a teammate.
- (transitive, of time) To spend.
- (intransitive, card games) In euchre, to decline to make the trump.
- (transitive) To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past.
- (transitive) To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance.
- (transitive) To utter; to pronounce; to pledge.
- (intransitive, transitive) To achieve a successful outcome from.
- (transitive) To put in circulation; to give currency to.
- (intransitive) To happen.
- (intransitive) To change from one state to another (without the implication of progression).
- (intransitive, stative) To be tolerated as a substitute for something else, to "do".
- (transitive) To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just.
- (transitive, nautical) To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
- (intransitive) To progress from one state to another; to advance.
- (transitive, cooking) To put through a sieve.
- (transitive) To allow to go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard.
- (transitive, soccer) To kick (the ball) with precision rather than at full force.
- (ditransitive) To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another.
- (intransitive, transitive) To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to become valid or effective; to obtain the formal sanction of (a legislative body).
- (intransitive, law) To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance.
- (intransitive, of time) To elapse, to be spent.
- (intransitive, euphemistic) To die.
- (intransitive) To decline something that is offered or available.
- (intransitive) In turn-based games, to decline to play in one's turn.
- (transitive) To reject; to pass up.
- (intransitive, transitive, medicine) To eliminate (something) from the body by natural processes.
- (intransitive) To depart, to cease, to come to an end.
- (intransitive) To go from one person to another.
- (transitive) To live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer.
- (intransitive) To decline or not attempt to answer a question.
- (transitive) To move (the ball or puck) to a teammate.
- (intransitive, fencing) To make a lunge or swipe.
- accept or judge as acceptable
- be superior or better than some standard
- transfer to another; of rights or property
- throw (a ball) to another player
- allow to go without comment or censure
- pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
- go unchallenged; be approved
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- eliminate from the body
- move past
- use up a period of time in a specific way
- for time to move forward
- travel past
- go successfully through a test or a selection process
- disappear gradually
- be inherited by
- grant authorization or clearance for
- transmit information
- go across or through
- pass over, across, or through
- cause to pass
- place into the hands or custody of
- make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
- come to pass
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
adj
noun
- The legal right or franchise that entitles a corporate body or an individual to operate such a service: a right of ferry.
- A place where passengers are transported across water in such a ship.
- The service constituted by this watercraft's operation; the business (company) that operates such a service.
- (nautical) A boat or ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.
- transport by boat or aircraft
- a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule
verb
- (intransitive) To pass over water in a boat or by ferry.
- (transitive) To move someone or something from one place to another, usually repeatedly.
- (transitive) To carry; transport; convey.
- (transitive) To carry or transport over a contracted body of water, as a river or strait, in a boat or other floating conveyance plying between opposite shores.
- transport by ferry
- transport from one place to another
- travel by ferry
noun
- A document authorizing such an action.
- Relief from pain etc., especially temporary.
- A cancellation or postponement of a proposed event undesired by many.
- The cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
- a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
- a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)
verb
noun
- The act of registering.
- A distinct horizontal (or, more rarely, vertical) section of a work of art or inscription that is divided into several such sections.
- A grille at the outflow of a ventilation duct, capable of being opened and closed to direct the air flow.
- One who registers or records; a registrar; especially, a public officer charged with the duty of recording certain transactions or events.
- (music) An organ stop.
- (linguistics) A style of a language used in a particular context.
- (telecommunications) A list of received calls in a phone set.
- (computing) A small unit of very fast memory that is directly accessible to the central processing unit, and is mostly used to store inputs, outputs, or intermediate results of computations.
- (music) The range of a voice or instrument.
- (printing) The exact alignment of lines, margins, and colors.
- A device that automatically records a quantity.
- (chiefly US) Ellipsis of cash register.
- A book of such entries.
- An entry in such a book.
- A formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc.
- (telecommunications) The part of a telegraphic apparatus that automatically records the message received.
- (printing) The inner part of the mould in which types are cast.
- A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title.
- a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device
- a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill
- a book in which names and transactions are listed
- an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room
- an official written record of names or events or transactions
- (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments
- (computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind
verb
- (transitive) To enter in a register; to enlist.
- (law) To voluntarily sign over for safe keeping, abandoning complete ownership for partial.
- (intransitive) To place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register.
- (transitive, postal) To record officially and handle specially.
- (ambitransitive) To buy the full version of trial software by providing one's details and payment.
- (transitive) To express outward signs.
- (transitive) To sign-up, especially to vote.
- (intransitive) To be in proper alignment; to align or correspond exactly.
- (transitive) To record, especially in writing.
- (transitive) To perceive or comprehend; pick up on.
- (intransitive) To make an impression.
- (intransitive) To occur; become realised or noticed; dawn on.
- (transitive, especially printing) To make or adjust so as to be properly or precisely aligned.
- have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties
- manipulate the registers of an organ
- indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
- record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions
- enter into someone's consciousness
- show in one's face
- enroll to vote
- record in a public office or in a court of law
- be aware of
- send by registered mail
noun
- A legal document.
- A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
- (surveying) A natural or artificial object used as a reference point.
- (British) a registered archaeological site or other structure, deemed historic or otherwise worthy of protection.
- A surviving record.
- A pile of stones left by a prospector to claim ownership of ore etc. found in a mine.
- An important site owned by the community as a whole.
- An important burial vault or tomb.
- Any grave marker.
- (cycling) Alternative spelling of Monument (“prestigious one-day race”).
- A sign of exceptional achievement.
- A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
- an important site that is marked and preserved as public property
- a burial vault (usually for some famous person)
- a structure erected to commemorate persons or events
verb
noun
- The document containing such a contract or deed.
- The contract or deed under which such an interest is granted.
- An open pasture or common.
- (computing) The temporary assignment of an IP address to a networked device.
- An interest granting exclusive use of any thing, such as a car or boat.
- The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.
- The period of such an interest.
- (formal, law) An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.
- a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment
- property that is leased or rented out or let
- the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect
verb
- (transitive) To pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
- (computing, transitive) To accept such an assignment of (an IP address).
- (transitive) To gather.
- (intransitive) To glean, gather up leavings.
- (computing, transitive) To assign a temporary IP address to (a networked device).
- (transitive, informal) To hold a lease as a tenant; to rent.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To release; let go; unloose.
- (ambitransitive, UK dialectal) To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.
- (transitive) To glean.
- (transitive, formal, law) To grant a lease as a landlord; to let.
- grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
- let for money
- hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
- engage for service under a term of contract
noun
- any authorization to pass or go somewhere
- a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country
- any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission
- (figurative) Something which enables someone to do or achieve something.
- An identification document used by firefighters, collected when they enter a dangerous area and returned when they leave, to keep track of who is still in the area.
- An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person for whom it was issued.
- (by extension, informal) Any document that allows entry or passage.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- The act of inscribing.
- Words written in the front of a book as a dedication.
- Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone, or on some other item.
- The text on a coin.
- the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words
- a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something
- letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something
noun
- a document certifying an act of registering
- the act of adjusting something to match a standard
- (music) the sound property resulting from a combination of organ stops used to perform a particular piece of music; the technique of selecting and adjusting organ stops
- the act of enrolling
- the body of people (such as students) who register or enroll at the same time
- (countable, uncountable) The act of signing up or registering for something.
- (UK) Ellipsis of registration number.
- (countable) That which registers or makes something official, e.g. the form or paper that registers.
- (uncountable) Alignment, e.g. of colors or other elements in a printing process.
- (uncountable) The location where guests register, especially with a hotel.
- (music) The art of selecting and combining the stops or registers of an organ.
noun
- The act of instituting something.
- A long-established organization or type of organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work.
- (informal) A mental institution.
- Any facility where people (especially those who are mentally or physically disabled or sick, or who are prisoners) are committed (confined), where their freedom to leave is restricted.
- (Christianity) The act by which a bishop commits a cure of souls to a priest.
- The building or buildings which house such an organization.
- (informal) A person long established in a place, position, or field.
- A custom or practice of a society or community.
- (informal) Any long established and respected place or business.
- (informal) A correctional institution.
- an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
- a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society
- a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
- an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
- the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
noun
- a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business
- the act of conceding or yielding
- a point conceded or yielded
- A preferential tax rate.
- (chiefly US, usually in the plural) An item sold within a concession (see above) or from a concessions stand.
- (by extension) Any admission of the validity or rightness of a point; an instance of this.
- The act of conceding.
- (chiefly US) The premises granted to a business as a concession (see below)
- (originally US) An admission of defeat following an election.
- A gift freely given or act freely made as a token of respect or to curry favor.
- (chiefly US) A right to operate a quasi-independent business within another's premises, as with concessions stands.
- (historical) A territory—usually an enclave in a major port—yielded to the administration of a foreign power.
- (chiefly UK) A discounted price offered to certain classes of people, such as students or the elderly.
- (Canada) A concession road: a narrow road between tracts of farmland, especially in Ontario, from their origin during the granting of concessions (see above).
- (historical) A portion of a township, especially equal lots once granted to settlers in Canada.
- (chiefly US) A right to operate a quasi-independent franchise of a larger company.
- (chiefly UK) A person eligible for a concession price (see above).
- (rhetoric) An admission of the validity of an opponent's point in order to build an argument upon it or to move on to another of greater importance; an instance of this.
- (chiefly US) A franchise: a business operated as a concession (see above).
- A right to use land or an offshore area for a specific purpose, such as oil exploration.
- A compromise: a partial yielding to demands or requests.
verb
noun
- a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business
- any monetary aid
- (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
- a right or privilege that has been granted
- the act of providing a subsidy
- The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
- (informal) An application for a grant (monetary boon to aid research or the like).
- (law) A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government.
- The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
- The act of granting or giving
- The deed or writing by which such a transfer is made.
verb
- be willing to concede
- let have
- bestow, especially officially
- allow to have
- give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
- give as judged due or on the basis of merit
- transfer by deed
- (ditransitive) To give (permission or wish).
- (ditransitive) To give (bestow upon or confer, particularly in answer to prayer or request).
- (intransitive) To assent; to consent.
- (transitive) To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.
verb
- become legally vested
- clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments
- place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons
- provide with power and authority
- clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes
- (finance, intransitive) To become vested, to become permanent.
- To clothe with authority, power, etc.; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; followed by with and the thing conferred.
- (chiefly passive) To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
- (law, intransitive) (of an inheritance or a trust fund) To devolve upon the person currently entitled when a prior interest has ended.
- (law) To clothe with possession; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of.
- To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; with in before the possessor.
noun
- a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body
- a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat
- (Canada, US) A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat.
- (British) A sleeveless garment, often with a low-cut neck, usually worn under a shirt or blouse.
- Clothing generally; array; garb.
- A sleeveless top, typically with identifying colours or logos, worn by an athlete or member of a sports team.
- Any sleeveless outer garment, often for a purpose such as identification, safety, or storage.
- A vestment.
noun
- A formal document providing such an admission.
- A formula in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.
- (chiefly Japanese media) The act of professing one's love.
- Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.
- The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).
- (Christianity) The disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is now also termed the sacrament of reconciliation.
- an admission of misdeeds or faults
- a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party
- a public declaration of your faith
- (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing their sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
- the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)
noun
- A written deed; a charter.
- A ranked listing of competitors, as of recorded music.
- A map illustrating the geography of a specific phenomenon.
- A diagram.
- A graph.
- (differential geometry, topology) Synonym of coordinate chart.
- A tabular presentation of data; a table.
- A navigator's map.
- A record of a patient's diagnosis, care instructions, and recent history.
- (usually plural) a listing of best-selling recorded music
- a visual display of information
- a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea
verb
- To enter (medical information) into a medical record.
- (transitive) To draw a chart or map of.
- (transitive) To draw or figure out (a route or plan).
- (intransitive, of a record or artist) To appear on a hit-recording chart.
- (transitive) To record systematically.
- make a chart of
- plan in detail
- represent by means of a graph
noun
verb
noun
- an official document granting a right or privilege
- A licence or (formal) permission to do something.
- a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
- A declaration issued by a government agency that the inventor of a new invention has the sole privilege of making, selling, or using the claimed invention for a specified period.
- (by extension) A product in respect of which a patent (sense 1.2.2) has been obtained.
- An official document granting an appointment, privilege, or right, or some property or title; letters patent.
- (US, historical) A specific grant of ownership of a piece of real property; a land patent.
- (gambling) The combination of seven bets on three selections, offering a return even if only one bet comes in.
- (uncountable) Ellipsis of patent leather (“a varnished, high-gloss leather typically used for accessories and shoes”).
- A characteristic or quality that one possesses; in particular (hyperbolic) as if exclusively; a monopoly.
- (originally) A grant of a monopoly over the manufacture, sale, and use of goods.
adj
- (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage
- clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
- (botany) Of a branch, leaf, etc.: outspread; also, spreading at right angles to the axis.
- (by extension, figuratively) To which someone has, or seems to have, a claim or an exclusive claim; also, inventive or particularly suited for.
- (baking) Of flour: fine, and consisting mostly of the inner part of the endosperm of the grain from which it is milled.
- Explicit and obvious.
- (medicine, veterinary medicine) Of an infection: in the phase when the organism causing it can be detected by clinical tests.
- Conspicuous; open; unconcealed.
- (medicine) Open, unobstructed; specifically, especially of the ductus arteriosus or foramen ovale in the heart, having not closed as would have happened in normal development.
- (law) Protected by a legal patent.
verb
- obtain a patent for
- grant rights to; grant a patent for
- make open to sight or notice
- (US, historical) To obtain (over a piece of real property) a specific grant of ownership.
- To (successfully) register (a new invention) with a government agency to obtain the sole privilege of its manufacture, sale, and use for a specified period.
- (transitive, figuratively) To be closely associated or identified with (something); to monopolize.
noun
- A document containing or certifying this contract.
- Wise, advantageous, or politic conduct; prudence, formerly also with connotations of craftiness.
- (Scotland, now chiefly in the plural) The grounds of a large country house.
- A principle of behaviour, conduct which an entity (government, organization, etc.) applies or seeks to follow, especially as formally expressed by an authoritative body.
- A document describing such a policy.
- A contract of insurance.
- A number pool lottery
- a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group
- a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government
- written contract or certificate of insurance
verb
noun
- The granting of a certificate.
- The act of certifying.
- A professional qualification that certifies a person's ability.
- a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
- confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence
- validating the authenticity of something or someone
- the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on
noun
- A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
- Ellipsis of driver's license.
- The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.
- Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech).
- Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.
- excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
- freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
- the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
- a legal document giving official permission to do something
verb
verb
- grant a charter to
- (transitive) To grant or establish a charter.
- (transitive) To lease or hire something by charter.
- hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
- engage for service under a term of contract
- (transitive, Canada, law) (of a peace officer) To inform (an arrestee) of their constitutional rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms upon arrest.
noun
- A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.
- A similar document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
- a contract to hire or lease transportation
- a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation
- The temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle.
- A deed (legal contract).
- A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
- (UK, derogatory, in a noun phrase with another noun which is either an agent or action) a provision whose unintended consequence would be to encourage an undesirable activity
- A contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel, or space on a vessel.
adj
noun
- A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission
- Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
- any authorization to pass or go somewhere
- (cooking) The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.
- An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
- A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
- An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.
- (fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
- A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
- (computing, slang) A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
- (computing) A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
- The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
- A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
- Success in an examination or similar test.
- (sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
- (rail transport) A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it.
- An attempt.
- (figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit.
- A sexual advance (often in the phrase make a pass).
- (baseball) An intentional walk.
- (sports) The act of overtaking; an overtaking manoeuvre.
- a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions
- a flight or run by an aircraft over a target
- a usually brief attempt
- a permit to enter or leave a military installation
- an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
- the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
- (military) a written leave of absence
- success in satisfying a test or requirement
- a difficult juncture
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
- a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
- a complimentary ticket
- (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
- one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)
verb
- (intransitive) To proceed without hindrance or opposition.
- (intransitive) To move or be moved from one place to another.
- (transitive) To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.
- (intransitive, stative, sociology) To be accepted by others as a member of a race, sex, or other group to which one does not belong or would not have originally appeared to belong; especially to be considered white although one has black ancestry, or a woman although one was assigned male at birth or vice versa.
- (intransitive) To continue.
- (intransitive, law) To make a judgment on or upon a person or case.
- (intransitive, American football) To throw the ball, generally downfield, towards a teammate.
- (transitive, of time) To spend.
- (intransitive, card games) In euchre, to decline to make the trump.
- (transitive) To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past.
- (transitive) To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance.
- (transitive) To utter; to pronounce; to pledge.
- (intransitive, transitive) To achieve a successful outcome from.
- (transitive) To put in circulation; to give currency to.
- (intransitive) To happen.
- (intransitive) To change from one state to another (without the implication of progression).
- (intransitive, stative) To be tolerated as a substitute for something else, to "do".
- (transitive) To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just.
- (transitive, nautical) To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
- (intransitive) To progress from one state to another; to advance.
- (transitive, cooking) To put through a sieve.
- (transitive) To allow to go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard.
- (transitive, soccer) To kick (the ball) with precision rather than at full force.
- (ditransitive) To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another.
- (intransitive, transitive) To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to become valid or effective; to obtain the formal sanction of (a legislative body).
- (intransitive, law) To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance.
- (intransitive, of time) To elapse, to be spent.
- (intransitive, euphemistic) To die.
- (intransitive) To decline something that is offered or available.
- (intransitive) In turn-based games, to decline to play in one's turn.
- (transitive) To reject; to pass up.
- (intransitive, transitive, medicine) To eliminate (something) from the body by natural processes.
- (intransitive) To depart, to cease, to come to an end.
- (intransitive) To go from one person to another.
- (transitive) To live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer.
- (intransitive) To decline or not attempt to answer a question.
- (transitive) To move (the ball or puck) to a teammate.
- (intransitive, fencing) To make a lunge or swipe.
- accept or judge as acceptable
- be superior or better than some standard
- transfer to another; of rights or property
- throw (a ball) to another player
- allow to go without comment or censure
- pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
- go unchallenged; be approved
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- eliminate from the body
- move past
- use up a period of time in a specific way
- for time to move forward
- travel past
- go successfully through a test or a selection process
- disappear gradually
- be inherited by
- grant authorization or clearance for
- transmit information
- go across or through
- pass over, across, or through
- cause to pass
- place into the hands or custody of
- make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
- come to pass
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
adj
noun
- The legal right or franchise that entitles a corporate body or an individual to operate such a service: a right of ferry.
- A place where passengers are transported across water in such a ship.
- The service constituted by this watercraft's operation; the business (company) that operates such a service.
- (nautical) A boat or ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.
- transport by boat or aircraft
- a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule
verb
- (intransitive) To pass over water in a boat or by ferry.
- (transitive) To move someone or something from one place to another, usually repeatedly.
- (transitive) To carry; transport; convey.
- (transitive) To carry or transport over a contracted body of water, as a river or strait, in a boat or other floating conveyance plying between opposite shores.
- transport by ferry
- transport from one place to another
- travel by ferry
noun
- A document authorizing such an action.
- Relief from pain etc., especially temporary.
- A cancellation or postponement of a proposed event undesired by many.
- The cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
- a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
- a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)
verb
noun
- The act of registering.
- A distinct horizontal (or, more rarely, vertical) section of a work of art or inscription that is divided into several such sections.
- A grille at the outflow of a ventilation duct, capable of being opened and closed to direct the air flow.
- One who registers or records; a registrar; especially, a public officer charged with the duty of recording certain transactions or events.
- (music) An organ stop.
- (linguistics) A style of a language used in a particular context.
- (telecommunications) A list of received calls in a phone set.
- (computing) A small unit of very fast memory that is directly accessible to the central processing unit, and is mostly used to store inputs, outputs, or intermediate results of computations.
- (music) The range of a voice or instrument.
- (printing) The exact alignment of lines, margins, and colors.
- A device that automatically records a quantity.
- (chiefly US) Ellipsis of cash register.
- A book of such entries.
- An entry in such a book.
- A formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc.
- (telecommunications) The part of a telegraphic apparatus that automatically records the message received.
- (printing) The inner part of the mould in which types are cast.
- A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title.
- a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device
- a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill
- a book in which names and transactions are listed
- an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room
- an official written record of names or events or transactions
- (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments
- (computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind
verb
- (transitive) To enter in a register; to enlist.
- (law) To voluntarily sign over for safe keeping, abandoning complete ownership for partial.
- (intransitive) To place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register.
- (transitive, postal) To record officially and handle specially.
- (ambitransitive) To buy the full version of trial software by providing one's details and payment.
- (transitive) To express outward signs.
- (transitive) To sign-up, especially to vote.
- (intransitive) To be in proper alignment; to align or correspond exactly.
- (transitive) To record, especially in writing.
- (transitive) To perceive or comprehend; pick up on.
- (intransitive) To make an impression.
- (intransitive) To occur; become realised or noticed; dawn on.
- (transitive, especially printing) To make or adjust so as to be properly or precisely aligned.
- have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties
- manipulate the registers of an organ
- indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
- record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions
- enter into someone's consciousness
- show in one's face
- enroll to vote
- record in a public office or in a court of law
- be aware of
- send by registered mail
noun
- A legal document.
- A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
- (surveying) A natural or artificial object used as a reference point.
- (British) a registered archaeological site or other structure, deemed historic or otherwise worthy of protection.
- A surviving record.
- A pile of stones left by a prospector to claim ownership of ore etc. found in a mine.
- An important site owned by the community as a whole.
- An important burial vault or tomb.
- Any grave marker.
- (cycling) Alternative spelling of Monument (“prestigious one-day race”).
- A sign of exceptional achievement.
- A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
- an important site that is marked and preserved as public property
- a burial vault (usually for some famous person)
- a structure erected to commemorate persons or events
verb
noun
- The document containing such a contract or deed.
- The contract or deed under which such an interest is granted.
- An open pasture or common.
- (computing) The temporary assignment of an IP address to a networked device.
- An interest granting exclusive use of any thing, such as a car or boat.
- The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.
- The period of such an interest.
- (formal, law) An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.
- a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment
- property that is leased or rented out or let
- the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect
verb
- (transitive) To pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
- (computing, transitive) To accept such an assignment of (an IP address).
- (transitive) To gather.
- (intransitive) To glean, gather up leavings.
- (computing, transitive) To assign a temporary IP address to (a networked device).
- (transitive, informal) To hold a lease as a tenant; to rent.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To release; let go; unloose.
- (ambitransitive, UK dialectal) To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.
- (transitive) To glean.
- (transitive, formal, law) To grant a lease as a landlord; to let.
- grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
- let for money
- hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
- engage for service under a term of contract
noun
- any authorization to pass or go somewhere
- a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country
- any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission
- (figurative) Something which enables someone to do or achieve something.
- An identification document used by firefighters, collected when they enter a dangerous area and returned when they leave, to keep track of who is still in the area.
- An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person for whom it was issued.
- (by extension, informal) Any document that allows entry or passage.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- The act of inscribing.
- Words written in the front of a book as a dedication.
- Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone, or on some other item.
- The text on a coin.
- the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words
- a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something
- letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something
noun
- a document certifying an act of registering
- the act of adjusting something to match a standard
- (music) the sound property resulting from a combination of organ stops used to perform a particular piece of music; the technique of selecting and adjusting organ stops
- the act of enrolling
- the body of people (such as students) who register or enroll at the same time
- (countable, uncountable) The act of signing up or registering for something.
- (UK) Ellipsis of registration number.
- (countable) That which registers or makes something official, e.g. the form or paper that registers.
- (uncountable) Alignment, e.g. of colors or other elements in a printing process.
- (uncountable) The location where guests register, especially with a hotel.
- (music) The art of selecting and combining the stops or registers of an organ.
noun
- The act of instituting something.
- A long-established organization or type of organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work.
- (informal) A mental institution.
- Any facility where people (especially those who are mentally or physically disabled or sick, or who are prisoners) are committed (confined), where their freedom to leave is restricted.
- (Christianity) The act by which a bishop commits a cure of souls to a priest.
- The building or buildings which house such an organization.
- (informal) A person long established in a place, position, or field.
- A custom or practice of a society or community.
- (informal) Any long established and respected place or business.
- (informal) A correctional institution.
- an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
- a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society
- a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
- an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
- the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
noun
- a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business
- the act of conceding or yielding
- a point conceded or yielded
- A preferential tax rate.
- (chiefly US, usually in the plural) An item sold within a concession (see above) or from a concessions stand.
- (by extension) Any admission of the validity or rightness of a point; an instance of this.
- The act of conceding.
- (chiefly US) The premises granted to a business as a concession (see below)
- (originally US) An admission of defeat following an election.
- A gift freely given or act freely made as a token of respect or to curry favor.
- (chiefly US) A right to operate a quasi-independent business within another's premises, as with concessions stands.
- (historical) A territory—usually an enclave in a major port—yielded to the administration of a foreign power.
- (chiefly UK) A discounted price offered to certain classes of people, such as students or the elderly.
- (Canada) A concession road: a narrow road between tracts of farmland, especially in Ontario, from their origin during the granting of concessions (see above).
- (historical) A portion of a township, especially equal lots once granted to settlers in Canada.
- (chiefly US) A right to operate a quasi-independent franchise of a larger company.
- (chiefly UK) A person eligible for a concession price (see above).
- (rhetoric) An admission of the validity of an opponent's point in order to build an argument upon it or to move on to another of greater importance; an instance of this.
- (chiefly US) A franchise: a business operated as a concession (see above).
- A right to use land or an offshore area for a specific purpose, such as oil exploration.
- A compromise: a partial yielding to demands or requests.
verb
noun
- a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business
- any monetary aid
- (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
- a right or privilege that has been granted
- the act of providing a subsidy
- The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
- (informal) An application for a grant (monetary boon to aid research or the like).
- (law) A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government.
- The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
- The act of granting or giving
- The deed or writing by which such a transfer is made.
verb
- be willing to concede
- let have
- bestow, especially officially
- allow to have
- give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
- give as judged due or on the basis of merit
- transfer by deed
- (ditransitive) To give (permission or wish).
- (ditransitive) To give (bestow upon or confer, particularly in answer to prayer or request).
- (intransitive) To assent; to consent.
- (transitive) To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.
noun
- A formal document providing such an admission.
- A formula in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.
- (chiefly Japanese media) The act of professing one's love.
- Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.
- The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).
- (Christianity) The disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is now also termed the sacrament of reconciliation.
- an admission of misdeeds or faults
- a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party
- a public declaration of your faith
- (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing their sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
- the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)
verb
- grant a charter to
- (transitive) To grant or establish a charter.
- (transitive) To lease or hire something by charter.
- hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
- engage for service under a term of contract
- (transitive, Canada, law) (of a peace officer) To inform (an arrestee) of their constitutional rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms upon arrest.
noun
- A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.
- A similar document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
- a contract to hire or lease transportation
- a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation
- The temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle.
- A deed (legal contract).
- A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
- (UK, derogatory, in a noun phrase with another noun which is either an agent or action) a provision whose unintended consequence would be to encourage an undesirable activity
- A contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel, or space on a vessel.
adj
noun
verb
verb
- become legally vested
- clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments
- place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons
- provide with power and authority
- clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes
- (finance, intransitive) To become vested, to become permanent.
- To clothe with authority, power, etc.; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; followed by with and the thing conferred.
- (chiefly passive) To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
- (law, intransitive) (of an inheritance or a trust fund) To devolve upon the person currently entitled when a prior interest has ended.
- (law) To clothe with possession; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of.
- To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; with in before the possessor.
noun
- a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body
- a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat
- (Canada, US) A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat.
- (British) A sleeveless garment, often with a low-cut neck, usually worn under a shirt or blouse.
- Clothing generally; array; garb.
- A sleeveless top, typically with identifying colours or logos, worn by an athlete or member of a sports team.
- Any sleeveless outer garment, often for a purpose such as identification, safety, or storage.
- A vestment.
adj
- established or chartered or authorized by royalty
- invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown
- being of the rank of a monarch
- of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
- belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
- (boxing, military) Free-for-all, especially involving multiple combatants.
- (chess) Describing a piece which, if captured, results in loss of game.
- (nautical) In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails.
- (informal) Used as an intensifier.
- Having the air or demeanour of a monarch; illustrious; magnanimous; of more than common size or excellence.
- Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.
noun
- stag with antlers of 12 or more branches
- a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast
- (military) A small mortar.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies.
- A stag with twelve points (six on each antler).
- A tuft of beard on the lower lip.
- The fourth tine of an antler's beam.
- An old English gold coin, the rial.
- (nautical, sailing) In large sailing ships, square sail over the topgallant sail.
- (somewhat informal, often capitalised) A royal person; a member of a royal family.
- (campanology) Bell changes rung on ten bells.
- (paper) A standard size of writing paper, measuring 24 by 19 inches.
- (card games) In auction bridge, a royal spade.
- (paper, printing) A standard size of printing paper, measuring 25 by 20 inches.
adj
- Being established, permitted, required or prescribed by law.
- Following the rules or syntax of a system, such as a game or a programming language.
- Having its basis in the law.
- (informal) Above the age of consent or the legal drinking age.
- (Philippines) Of paper or document layouts, measuring 8+¹⁄₂ × 13 inches (216 × 330 mm).
- Permitting the use and/or sale of cannabis; in which cannabis is lawful.
- Relating to the law or to lawyers.
- (Canada, US) Of paper or document layouts, measuring 8+¹⁄₂ × 14 inches (216 × 356 mm).
- of or relating to jurisprudence
- established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
- allowed by official rules
- having legal efficacy or force
- relating to or characteristic of the profession of law
noun
- (uncountable, informal) The legal department of a company or organization.
- (countable) A spy who is attached to, and ostensibly employed by, an embassy, military outpost, etc.
- (countable, informal, US) One who immigrated lawfully.
- (uncountable, Canada, US) A paper sheet or document measuring 8+¹⁄₂ × 14 inches (216 × 356 mm).