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  • 71service — I UK [ˈsɜː(r)vɪs] / US [ˈsɜrvɪs] noun Word forms service : singular service plural services *** 1) [countable] a system provided by a government or official organization for the needs of the public the police/ambulance service See: health service …

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  • 72Von Neumann algebra — In mathematics, a von Neumann algebra or W* algebra is a * algebra of bounded operators on a Hilbert space that is closed in the weak operator topology and contains the identity operator. They were originally introduced by John von Neumann,… …

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  • 73Control — 50% of the outstanding votes plus one vote. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * ▪ I. control con‧trol 1 [kənˈtrəʊl ǁ ˈtroʊl] noun 1. [countable] an action taken to make sure that something does not increase too much: • Devaluations were… …

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  • 74control — 50% of the outstanding votes plus one vote. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary 1. For legal purposes, usually owning in excess of 50% of the voting rights of a company or having the right to appoint directors on the company s board with a majority of …

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  • 75house */*/*/ — I UK [haʊs] / US noun Word forms house : singular house plural houses UK [ˈhaʊzɪz] / US [ˈhaʊzəz] 1) a) [countable] a building for living in, usually where only one family lives I d love a house with a garden. a three bedroom house move house (=… …

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  • 76friend */*/*/ — UK [frend] / US noun Word forms friend : singular friend plural friends 1) [countable] someone you know well and like, but who is not a member of your family She s visiting friends in Scotland. close/good/great friend: Helga is a close friend of… …

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  • 77List of forcing notions — In mathematics, forcing is a method of constructing new models M[G] of set theory by adding a generic subset G of a poset P to a model M. The poset P used will determine what statements hold in the new universe (the extension ); to force a… …

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  • 78class — I UK [klɑːs] / US [klæs] noun Word forms class : singular class plural classes *** Differences between British and American English: class: In both the UK and the US, a class is usually a group of students who are learning together: Jill and I… …

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  • 79Measure (mathematics) — Informally, a measure has the property of being monotone in the sense that if A is a subset of B, the measure of A is less than or equal to the measure of B. Furthermore, the measure of the empty set is required to be 0. In mathematical analysis …

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  • 80time — I UK [taɪm] / US noun Word forms time : singular time plural times *** Metaphor: Time is like money or like something that you buy and use. I ve spent a lot of time on this project. ♦ We are running out of time. ♦ You have used up all the time… …

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