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(law, commerce) One who accepts a draft or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.
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(law) Property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance.
n
Work to be done, obligation.
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(law) One who owes a duty or service to another.
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(law) The act of avowing and justifying in one's own right the distraining of goods.
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(usually with 'to') Obligated to provide, display, or do something for another; indebted, obliged.
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A society or association formed for mutual insurance, as among tradesmen or in labour unions, to provide for relief in sickness, old age, etc. and for the expenses of burial.
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(law) A trust set up so that the beneficiaries have no knowledge of the holdings of the trust, and no right to intervene in their handling.
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The state or quality of being bound or obliged; obligation.
n
What one's duty obliges one to do.
adj
Rightfully subject to payment.
n
(chiefly UK) A person eligible for a concession price (see above).
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(law) A matter of inducement for something promised; something valuable given as recompense for a promise, which causes the promise to become binding as a contract.
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(law) A person jointly liable for a debt with another or others; a correal debtor; a codebtor.
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(rare) A counter bond, or a surety to secure one who has given security.
v
To claim a right to something.
adj
Acting as the trusted recipient of a deposit.
adj
On which duty must be paid when imported or sold.
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That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.
adj
Alternative form of dutybound [Compelled by duty.]
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(law) A legal obligation imposed on an individual requiring that they adhere to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could foreseeably harm others.
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(politics) A legal obligation on a government to make payments to a person, business, or unit of government that meets the criteria set in law, such as social security in the US.
adj
Pertaining to paper money whose value depends on public confidence or securities.
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Alternative spelling of for-profit [An organization whose goal is to make a profit.]
n
International trade without government interference, especially from tariffs or duties on imports.
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(informal) An application for a grant (monetary boon to aid research or the like).
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(law) One who is dependent on another.
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(Britain) A formal alternative to bankruptcy involving a flexible contract with creditors
n
(countable) A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract).
adj
(law) Of a business entity, having liability for legal claims that is limited to the assets of the entity itself, and which therefore does not reach the assets of the individual owners/investors of the company.
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(law) Synonym of moral obligation
adj
Abbreviation of obligatory. (as in "ob. link" on Usenet) (see ObLink at c2.com; see also ob-) [Imposing obligation, legally, morally, or otherwise; binding; mandatory.]
n
The status of being an obligant.
n
One who binds themselves to another to pay or to perform something.
adj
(Canada, US, Scotland) having an obligation; obliged
n
The act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone.
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(law) One who establishes an obligation under law
adj
Under an obligation to do something.
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(law, of a contractual provision) Stipulating the future actions required of the parties to an insurance policy or other business agreement.
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(law) A notarial demand for repayment of a debt.
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Obligations of every kind regarded collectively.
adj
(healthcare) Being or relating to a form of universal health care in which the costs of essential healthcare for all residents are covered by a single public system (whether state-run or contracted from private organizations).
adj
that receives a subsidy
n
An additional tax on something that has already been taxed.
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(law) Abbreviation of surety. [Certainty.]
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Alternative form of suretyship [(law) An accessory agreement through which one binds oneself for another already bound, either in whole or in part, as for one's debt, default or miscarriage; the assumption of liability for the obligations of another.]
n
(law) A promise to pay a sum of money in the event that another person fails to fulfill an obligation.
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taxability; the state of being subject to taxation.
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(law) A form of trust created where one party (the settlor of the trust) places money in a bank account or security with instructions that, upon the settlor's death, whatever is in that account will pass to a named beneficiary.
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an agreement between opposed parties in which they pledge to cease fighting for a limited time
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(transitive) To commit (property) to the care of a trustee.
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(finance) A form of trust established by a donor to provide an income stream to a beneficiary, as a percentage of the principal, returning the remainder to the donor when the trust terminates.
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(law) Alternative form of voucher [A piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services.]
n
(law) A legal document removing some requirement, such as waiving a right (giving it up) or a waiver of liability (agreeing to hold someone blameless).
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