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  • 91Indians —    Ch Superstitions of, 10, 12; council held to consider best policy to adopt in dealing with them, 108 111; murders committed by, 115; their great esteem for Champlain, 159; difficulty of educating their children, 233. S Their general… …

    The makers of Canada

  • 92недодавать — НЕДОДАВАТЬ, несов. (сов. недодать), что, чего кому. Давать (дать) кому л. чего л. меньше, чем следовало, или что л. не полностью; Син.: обделять [impf. to give short, deliver short, give less amount of something than it is needed]. Комиссия… …

    Большой толковый словарь русских глаголов

  • 93commutation ticket — A railroad ticket giving the holder the right to travel at a certain rate for a limited number of trips (or for an unlimited number within a certain period of time) for a less amount than would be paid in the aggregate for so many separate trips …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 94commutation ticket — A railroad ticket giving the holder the right to travel at a certain rate for a limited number of trips (or for an unlimited number within a certain period of time) for a less amount than would be paid in the aggregate for so many separate trips …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 95limited liability acts — Statutes which restrict liability to a less amount than the common law would allow. Federal statutes limiting the liability of a shipowner for loss, damage, or injury, enacted for the purpose of encouraging the investment of capital in the… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 96number — amount, number Amount is normally used with uncountable nouns (i.e. nouns which have no plural) to mean ‘quantity’ (e.g. a reasonable amount of forgiveness, glue, resistance, straw, etc.), and number with plural nouns (e.g. a certain number of… …

    Modern English usage

  • 97lessen — less|en [ lesn ] verb intransitive or transitive to become smaller in amount, level, importance, etc. or make something do this: Traffic had lessened and the Mercedes was picking up speed. Treatment will lessen the pain …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 98Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …

    Universalium

  • 99climate — /kluy mit/, n. 1. the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years. 2. a region or… …

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  • 100environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… …

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