establishment (noun)

  • 11establishment — es|tab|lish|ment [ ı stæblıʃmənt ] noun ** 1. ) count FORMAL any institution, organization, or business: a research/training establishment There are many eating establishments nearby. 2. ) the establishment the most important and powerful people… …

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  • 12establishment */*/*/ — UK [ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt] / US noun Word forms establishment : singular establishment plural establishments 1) [countable] formal an institution, organization, or business a research/training establishment There are many eating establishments nearby. 2) …

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  • 13establishment of the port — I. noun see vulgar establishment II. noun see establishment I, 4 …

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  • 14establishment*/*/ — [ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt] noun 1) [C] formal an institution, organization, or business a research/training establishment[/ex] 2) the establishment [singular] the most important and powerful people in a country or section of society 3) [U] the process of… …

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  • 15establishment — /ɪ stæblɪʃmənt/ noun 1. a commercial business ● He runs an important printing establishment. 2. the number of people working in a company ♦ to be on the establishment to be a full time employee ♦ office with an establishment of fifteen an office… …

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  • 16establishment award — /əsˈtæblɪʃmənt əwɔd/ (say uhs tablishmuhnt uhwawd), /ɛs / (say es ) noun an industrial award covering all employees, whatever their classification, in a particular establishment and generally designed to provide for a degree of uniformity in… …

  • 17establishment — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of setting up] Syn. founding, endowment, institution; see establishing 1 . 2. [A business, organization, or the like] Syn. company, corporation, enterprise; see business 4 . 3. [The act of proving] Syn. verification …

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  • 18establishment — /əsˈtæblɪʃmənt / (say uhs tablishmuhnt), /ɛs / (say es ) noun 1. the act of establishing. 2. the state or fact of being established. 3. something established; a constituted order or system. 4. a place of business or residence and everything… …

  • 19Establishment — /əsˈtæblɪʃmənt/ (say uhs tablishmuhnt), /ɛs / (say es ) noun the 1. a loosely defined grouping of people, whose joint opinions and values have a strong influence on the power structure of a community. 2. Australian History Colloquial (humorous)… …

  • 20establishment charges — /ɪ stæblɪʃmənt ˌtʃɑ:dʒɪz/ plural noun the cost of people and property in a company’s accounts …

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