captive

  • 31captive — adj. to hold smb. captive * * * [ kæptɪv] to hold smb. captive …

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  • 32Captive —    One taken in war. Captives were often treated with great cruelty and indignity (1 Kings 20:32; Josh. 10:24; Judg. 1:7; 2 Sam. 4:12; Judg. 8:7; 2 Sam. 12:31; 1 Chr. 20:3). When a city was taken by assault, all the men were slain, and the women… …

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  • 33captive — noun a person who has been taken prisoner or confined. adjective 1》 imprisoned or confined. 2》 having no freedom to choose an alternative: a captive audience. 3》 (of a facility or service) controlled by and reserved for a particular organization …

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  • 34captive — 1. noun release the captives Syn: prisoner, convict, detainee, inmate, abductee; prisoner of war, POW, internee; informal jailbird, con, yardbird, lifer 2. adjective captive wild animals Syn: confined, caged …

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  • 35captive — /ˈkæptɪv / (say kaptiv) noun 1. a prisoner. 2. someone who is enslaved by love, beauty, etc. –adjective 3. made or held prisoner, especially in war. 4. kept in confinement or restraint. 5. enslaved by love, beauty, etc.; captivated. 6. of or… …

  • 36Captive insurance — companies are insurance companies established with the specific objective of financing risks emanating from their parent group or groups but they sometimes also insure risks of the group s customers as well. Using a captive insurer is a risk… …

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  • 37Captive import — is an automobile marketing term denoting a foreign built vehicle that is sold and serviced by a domestic manufacturer through its own dealer distribution system. The foreign car may be produced by a subsidiary of the same company, be a joint… …

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  • 38Captive D'assurance — La notion de captive d’assurance est ici employée dans une acception très large. Elle regroupe quatre types de captives d assurance : Une captive d’assurance stricto sensu, ou captive d’assurance directe est une société filiale, créée par… …

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  • 39Captive (Dateisystem) — Captive NTFS Entwickler Jan Kratochvil Aktuelle Version 1.1.7 (26. Januar 2006) Betriebssystem Linux Kategorie Dateisystem Lizenz …

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  • 40Captive service — is a portion of Business Process Outsourcing where an organization will use a wholy owned subsidiary instead of a Third Party Vendor. The benefit of doing such an arrangement would be to leverage the cost savings of using offshore resources,… …

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