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advantage
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n 1: the quality of having a superior or more favorable
position; "the experience gave him the advantage over me"
[syn: advantage, vantage] [ant: disadvantage]
2: (tennis) first point scored after deuce
3: benefit resulting from some event or action; "it turned out
to my advantage"; "reaping the rewards of generosity" [syn:
advantage, reward] [ant: penalty]
v 1: give an advantage to; "This system advantages the rich"
[ant: disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour]
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damage
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n 1: the occurrence of a change for the worse [syn: damage,
harm, impairment]
2: loss of military equipment [syn: damage, equipment
casualty]
3: the act of damaging something or someone [syn: damage,
harm, hurt, scathe]
4: the amount of money needed to purchase something; "the price
of gasoline"; "he got his new car on excellent terms"; "how
much is the damage?" [syn: price, terms, damage]
5: any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal
right [syn: wrong, legal injury, damage]
v 1: inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She
damaged the car when she hit the tree"
2: suffer or be susceptible to damage; "These fine china cups
damage easily"
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disadvantage
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n 1: the quality of having an inferior or less favorable
position [ant: advantage, vantage]
v 1: put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm; "This rule clearly
disadvantages me" [syn: disadvantage, disfavor,
disfavour] [ant: advantage]
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dotage
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n 1: mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes
shown by foolish infatuations [syn: dotage, second
childhood, senility]
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driftage
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n 1: the deviation (by a vessel or aircraft) from its intended
course due to drifting
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footage
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n 1: film that has been shot; "they had stock footage of
lightning, tornados, and hurricanes"; "he edited the news
footage"
2: a rate of charging by the linear foot of work done
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frontage
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n 1: the extent of land abutting on a street or water
2: the direction in which something (such as a building) faces
3: the face or front of a building [syn: facade, frontage,
frontal]
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frottage
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n 1: masturbation by rubbing against another person (as in a
crowd)
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fruitage
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n 1: the yield of fruit; "a tree highly recommended for its
fruitage"
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heritage
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n 1: practices that are handed down from the past by tradition;
"a heritage of freedom"
2: any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from
ancestors; "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing";
"the world's heritage of knowledge" [syn: inheritance,
heritage]
3: that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that
passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner [syn:
inheritance, heritage]
4: hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
[syn: inheritance, heritage]
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hostage
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n 1: a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another
party will meet specified terms [syn: hostage, surety]
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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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mintage
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n 1: coins collectively [syn: coinage, mintage, specie,
metal money]
2: fee paid to a mint by the government for minting a coin
3: act or process of minting coins
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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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parentage
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n 1: the state of being a parent; "to everyone's surprise,
parenthood reformed the man" [syn: parenthood,
parentage]
2: the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents [syn:
parentage, birth]
3: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has
been warriors" [syn: lineage, line, line of descent,
descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree,
ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock]
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percentage
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n 1: a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the
amount per hundred) [syn: percentage, percent, per
centum, pct]
2: assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual
person or group; "he wanted his share in cash" [syn: share,
portion, part, percentage]
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pilotage
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n 1: the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
[syn: navigation, pilotage, piloting]
2: the occupation of a pilot [syn: piloting, pilotage]
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portage
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n 1: the cost of carrying or transporting
2: overland track between navigable waterways
3: carrying boats and supplies overland
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postage
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n 1: the charge for mailing something
2: a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to
indicate that that postal fees have been paid [syn:
postage, postage stamp, stamp]
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reportage
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n 1: the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio
or television; "they accused the paper of biased coverage
of race relations" [syn: coverage, reporting,
reportage]
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shortage
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n 1: the property of being an amount by which something is less
than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from
the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional
deficit" [syn: deficit, shortage, shortfall]
2: an acute insufficiency [syn: dearth, famine, shortage]
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vantage
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n 1: place or situation affording some advantage (especially a
comprehensive view or commanding perspective)
2: the quality of having a superior or more favorable position;
"the experience gave him the advantage over me" [syn:
advantage, vantage] [ant: disadvantage]
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vestige
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n 1: an indication that something has been present; "there
wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of
condescension" [syn: trace, vestige, tincture,
shadow]
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vintage
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n 1: a season's yield of wine from a vineyard
2: the oldness of wines [syn: vintage, time of origin]
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voltage
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n 1: the rate at which energy is drawn from a source that
produces a flow of electricity in a circuit; expressed in
volts [syn: voltage, electromotive force, emf]
2: the difference in electrical charge between two points in a
circuit expressed in volts [syn: electric potential,
potential, potential difference, potential drop,
voltage]
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wastage
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n 1: the process of wasting
2: anything lost by wear or waste
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wattage
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n 1: the product of voltage and current [syn: electrical
power, electric power, wattage]
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rootage
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n 1: fixedness by or as if by roots; "strengthened by rootage in
the firm soil of faith"
2: a developed system of roots [syn: rootage, root system]
3: the place where something begins, where it springs into
being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter
was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source
of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root" [syn:
beginning, origin, root, rootage, source]
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anecdotage
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pannage
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unmanage
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micromanage
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floatage
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ventage
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sacerdotage
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scutage
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