house (noun)

  • 41house agent — ➔ agent * * * house agent UK US noun [C] OLD FASHIONED PROPERTY ► someone whose job is to help you sell or buy a house → Compare ESTATE AGENT(Cf. ↑estate agent) …

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  • 42house style — ➔ style * * * house style UK US noun [C or U] COMMUNICATIONS, WORKPLACE ► a set of rules about what spellings and style of writing must be used when producing documents for a particular company: »All the organization s documents conform to a… …

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  • 43house builder — UK US (also housebuilder, house builder) noun [C] PROPERTY ► a person or company that builds houses and apartments: »Britain s biggest house builder has warned that house prices in London could fall …

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  • 44House, the — [ haus ] noun the House of Representatives in the U.S., or the House of Commons or the House of Lords in the U.K …

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  • 45house magazine — noun : house organ * * * house magazine, = house organ. (Cf. ↑house organ) …

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  • 46house of call — noun 1. A house where the journeymen of a particular trade call when out of work 2. A house that one often visits • • • Main Entry: ↑house …

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  • 47house-sitter — noun [countable] [singular house sitter plural house sitters] Thesaurus: people who guard or look after places or peoplehyponym Main entry …

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  • 48house|hold|ing — «HOWS HOHL dihng», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. that occupies a house. 2. that manages a house. –n. Obsolete. 1. the management of a household; housekeeping. 2. the occupation of a house …

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  • 49House — noun a) The House of Representatives, the House . b) More generally, a shortened name for any chamber of a legislature that is named House of... , especially where the other chamber(s) are not so named (as in Australia or Canada), or where there… …

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  • 50House of Commons — ˌHouse of ˈCommons noun the part of the British or Canadian parliament whose members are elected by the people: • It was the new Chancellor s first speech in the House of Commons …

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