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  • 121utilize —  , use.  Utilize is the preferred term for making use of something that wasn’t intended for the purpose ( He utilized a coat hanger to repair the car ) or for extracting maximum value ( The farmers utilized every square inch of the hillside ). In …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 122home banking — making use of banking services via the television or home computer …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 123abuse of distress — Making use of a distrained animal or chattel and thereby committing a conversion of it …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 124actual occupation — Making use of, or living upon, premises either personally or through a tenant. Cox v Richerson, 186 Miss 576, 191 So 99, 124 ALR 1138. See actual possession …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 125china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …

    Universalium

  • 126China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …

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  • 127education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …

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  • 128international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …

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