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baronage
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n 1: the peers of a kingdom considered as a group [syn:
peerage, baronage]
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carnage
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n 1: the savage and excessive killing of many people [syn:
slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage,
butchery]
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coinage
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n 1: coins collectively [syn: coinage, mintage, specie,
metal money]
2: a newly invented word or phrase [syn: neologism, neology,
coinage]
3: the act of inventing a word or phrase [syn: neologism,
neology, coinage]
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commonage
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n 1: property held in common
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drainage
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n 1: emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run
out of it [syn: drain, drainage]
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empennage
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n 1: the rear part of an aircraft [syn: tail, tail assembly,
empennage]
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linage
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n 1: the number of lines in a piece of printed material [syn:
linage, lineage]
2: a rate of payment for written material that is measured
according to the number of lines submitted [syn: linage,
lineage]
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manage
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v 1: be successful; achieve a goal; "She succeeded in persuading
us all"; "I managed to carry the box upstairs"; "She pulled
it off, even though we never thought her capable of it";
"The pianist negociated the difficult runs" [syn: pull
off, negociate, bring off, carry off, manage]
[ant: fail]
2: be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; "I can deal with this
crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She
managed her parents' affairs after they got too old" [syn:
manage, deal, care, handle]
3: come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas";
"They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" [syn:
cope, get by, make out, make do, contend,
grapple, deal, manage]
4: watch and direct; "Who is overseeing this project?" [syn:
oversee, supervise, superintend, manage]
5: achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
[syn: wangle, finagle, manage]
6: carry on or function; "We could do with a little more help
around here" [syn: do, manage]
7: handle effectively; "The burglar wielded an axe"; "The young
violinist didn't manage her bow very well" [syn: wield,
handle, manage]
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mismanage
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v 1: manage badly or incompetently; "The funds were mismanaged"
[syn: mismanage, mishandle, misconduct]
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orphanage
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n 1: the condition of being a child without living parents; "his
early orphanage shaped his character as an adult" [syn:
orphanage, orphanhood]
2: a public institution for the care of orphans [syn:
orphanage, orphans' asylum]
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parsonage
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n 1: an official residence provided by a church for its parson
or vicar or rector [syn: parsonage, vicarage,
rectory]
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patronage
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n 1: the act of providing approval and support; "his vigorous
backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with
progressives" [syn: backing, backup, championship,
patronage]
2: customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele"
[syn: clientele, patronage, business]
3: a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing
the recipient [syn: condescension, disdain, patronage]
4: (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making
appointments to office in return for political support
5: the business given to a commercial establishment by its
customers; "even before noon there was a considerable
patronage" [syn: trade, patronage]
v 1: support by being a patron of
2: be a regular customer or client of; "We patronize this
store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as
he could" [syn: patronize, patronise, patronage,
support, keep going]
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peonage
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n 1: the condition of a peon
2: the practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until
the debt is discharged
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personage
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n 1: another word for person; a person not meriting
identification; "a strange personage appeared at the door"
2: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the
course of events [syn: important person, influential
person, personage]
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spinach
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n 1: southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its
succulent edible dark green leaves [syn: spinach,
spinach plant, prickly-seeded spinach, Spinacia
oleracea]
2: dark green leaves; eaten cooked or raw in salads
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tonnage
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n 1: a tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the
tonnage of the ship [syn: tonnage, tunnage, tonnage
duty]
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greenwich
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n 1: a borough of Greater London on the Thames; zero degrees of
longitude runs through Greenwich; time is measured relative
to Greenwich Mean Time
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concubinage
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n 1: cohabitation without being legally married
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nonage
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n 1: any age prior to the legal age [syn: minority, nonage]
[ant: legal age, majority]
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chaperonage
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libertinage
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vicinage
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pannage
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dunnage
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tannage
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cranage
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thanage
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