firm basis

  • 1put on a firm basis — index establish (entrench) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2basis — n. 1) to form, provide a basis for 2) a firm, solid, sound; first name; scientific; shaky basis 3) on a basis (on a solid basis; she was promoted on the basis of her accomplishments; to be paid on an hourly basis; to be on a first name basis) * * …

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  • 3firm — [[t]fɜ͟ː(r)m[/t]] ♦ firms, firming, firmed, firmer, firmest 1) N COUNT A firm is an organization which sells or produces something or which provides a service which people pay for. The firm s employees were expecting large bonuses. ...a firm of… …

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  • 4firm — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, large, major ▪ medium sized ▪ small ▪ well known ▪ …

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  • 5basis — noun 1 starting point ADJECTIVE ▪ firm, solid, sound VERB + BASIS ▪ form, provide PREPOSITION ▪ …

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  • 6firm — [14] Firm comes ultimately from Latin firmus ‘stable, strong, immovable’. In its adjectival use, the English word’s semantic line of descent from its Latin original is perfectly clear, but the noun presents a very different story. From firmus was …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 7firm — [14] Firm comes ultimately from Latin firmus ‘stable, strong, immovable’. In its adjectival use, the English word’s semantic line of descent from its Latin original is perfectly clear, but the noun presents a very different story. From firmus was …

    Word origins

  • 8firm base — sound basis, solid foundation …

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  • 9firm ground — solid land, hard terrain; solid basis …

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  • 10International law firm networks and associations — An international law firm network (or association) is a membership organisation consisting of independent law firms that are informally linked to one another with the main purpose of serving one another s clients in jurisdictions where the… …

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