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Alternative form of achatour [(historical) A purveyor of provisions; a provedore. [14th–18th c.]]
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Alternative form of adjuster [One who adjusts, especially for the insurance industry's employment title "loss adjuster" (or "claims adjuster" in the United States).]
v
(transitive) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.
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(law) A person who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority
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A person who speaks in support of something, or someone.
adj
bound under the articles of an apprenticeship
n
Obsolete form of attorney. [(US) A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.]
n
A labor union designated by an appropriate government agency or recognized by the employer as the exclusive representative of all employees in the bargaining unit for purposes of collective bargaining
n
Someone who owns something together with one or more other people.
n
(rare) Alternative form of commission [A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).]
n
The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence.
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(obsolete) The act of commanding; exercise of authority.
n
One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner.
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An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.
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(law) An agent entrusted with the possession of goods to be sold in the agent's name.
adj
Conferred by a commission or warrant.
n
The role or status of a competitor.
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(law) A person who the court has determined requires a conservator to handle their estate or affairs.
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A joint proprietor; one who owns a business in conjunction with others.
v
To act on behalf of a person in authority, executing their every command.
v
(obsolete) To designate as by an ensign.
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Synonym of fideicommissum
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(obsolete or historical) One who speaks on behalf of another; an advocate.
n
the act of managing, conducting or administrating something.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To handle, to manage, to oversee (a matter, an affair, a household, etc.).
adj
Having the power of command or control.
n
A person who is a representative for a foreign company, product or a person, and who gets commission or royalty on any transaction which takes place in his home country irrespective of whether the transaction has taken place out of his effort or consent.
adj
Of a farm, etc.: managed by a deputy instead of the owner or tenant in person.
n
(business) A method of management in which instructions are passed to and from one's superior.
n
(law) A person acting on behalf of beneficiaries (e.g. family members, a designated charity, a research library or archive) under the author's will.
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(with definite article, now rare) The legal profession.
n
(uncountable) Administration; the use of limited resources combined with forecasting, planning, leadership and execution skills to achieve predetermined specific goals.
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An agent or servant imparted with the ability, to some degree, to act on initiative.
n
A person appointed to office
n
A person who officiates.
n
One who undergoes instruction or supervision by a preceptor.
v
(intransitive) To exercise authority or control, oversit.
n
enterprise owned by private owners, investors or shareholders
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Obsolete form of procurator. [A tax collector.]
n
(politics, government, business) An arrangement by which one or more private firms agrees to fund, create, or operate a facility, service, or other element of public infrastructure (such as a school, hospital, or highway) which is usually the sole responsibility of government, in return for all or some of the revenue generated by that facility or service.
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Alternative form of public-private partnership [(politics, government, business) An arrangement by which one or more private firms agrees to fund, create, or operate a facility, service, or other element of public infrastructure (such as a school, hospital, or highway) which is usually the sole responsibility of government, in return for all or some of the revenue generated by that facility or service.]
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(military, law enforcement, chiefly in the plural) An internal rule among a military, police, etc. force defining the circumstances in which and manner with which to use force.
v
To substantially control a school administratively, financially, or in terms of its curriculum.
adj
(sports) officiated by players, on the "honor system", rather than by an outside observer such as a referee.
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(business) A type of enterprise or proprietorship which is owned by one person who is fully liable for the company's debts and fulfilment of contracts with his/her personal wealth unless incorporated.
n
(education, finance) A loan granted to a student in higher education to help pay for the tuition.
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(colloquial) A subcontractor.
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Alternative form of subbie [(colloquial) A subcontractor.]
n
A contractor hired by a general contractor employed by the contractor rather than directly hired by the customer.
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Alternative form of sub-judge [A secondary or auxiliary judge.]
n
One who aids or supplies; an assistant.
v
To administer the affairs of something or someone.
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The act of superintending; supervision
adj
Alternative form of tenure-track [(education, of a professorship or other academic job) Possessing contractually guaranteed terms of employment specifying that, after a period of time, the employed person will be considered for tenure status, which typically confers enhanced job security and sometimes other benefits.]
v
(sports, intransitive) To act as an umpire in a game.
adj
Of or pertaining to an umpire.
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