establishment (noun)

  • 71dairy — noun (plural dairies) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English deyerie, from deye dairymaid, from Old English dǣge kneader of bread; akin to Old English dāg dough more at dough Date: 14th century 1. a room …

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  • 72infection — noun Date: 14th century 1. the act or result of affecting injuriously 2. an infective agent or material contaminated with an infective agent 3. a. the state produced by the establishment of an infective agent in or on a suitable host b. a disease …

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  • 73patron — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin & Latin; Medieval Latin patronus patron saint, patron of a benefice, pattern, from Latin, defender, from patr , pater Date: 14th century 1. a. a person chosen, named, or… …

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  • 74prescription — noun Etymology: partly from Middle English prescripcion establishment of a claim, from Anglo French, from Late Latin praescription , praescriptio, from Latin, act of writing at the beginning, order, limitation of subject matter, from… …

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  • 75sanatorium — noun (plural riums or sanatoria) Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin, neuter of sanatorius curative, from sanare Date: 1839 1. an establishment that provides therapy combined with a regimen (as of diet and exercise) for treatment or… …

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  • 76sit-in — noun Date: 1937 1. sit down 1 2. a. an act of occupying seats in a racially segregated establishment in organized protest against discrimination b. an act of sitting in the seats or on the floor of an establishment as a means of organized protest …

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  • 77guest book — noun a) a type of ledger in which visitors to a particular establishment, such as a bed and breakfast or a museum, may leave comments about the establishment. b) a feature of a website performing a similar function to a physical guest book …

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  • 78counterestablishment — noun An establishment that opposes another establishment …

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  • 79coffee bar — noun a) A establishment that sells coffee (and possibly other non alcoholic drinks), a cafe. Food may also be served. b) A section of an establishment (a restaurant, shop or other business) where coffee is served …

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  • 80condop — noun a) A legal term for a real estate establishment (building or group of buildings) that is part condominium and part cooperative. b) A cooperative establishment that behaves like a condominium …

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