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  • 1deal — 1 /di:l/ verb past tense and past participle dealt /delt/ 1 also deal out (I, T) to give playing cards to each of the players in a game: deal sth (out) to sb: Deal out three cards to each player. 2 (I) informal to buy and sell illegal drugs: Many …

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  • 2Speculation — • A term used with reference to business transactions to signify the investing of money at a risk of loss on the chance of unusual gain Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Speculation     Speculation …

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  • 3speculation */*/ — UK [ˌspekjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌspekjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms speculation : singular speculation plural speculations 1) ideas or discussion about why something has happened or what might happen speculation about: There has …

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  • 4speculation — spec|u|la|tion [ ,spekjə leıʃn ] noun count or uncount ** 1. ) guesses about why something has happened or what might happen: speculation about: There has been a great deal of speculation about what will happen after the elections. speculation… …

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  • 5speculation — noun 1 making guesses about sth ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, intense, much, widespread ▪ further, increasing, renewed ▪ continuing ( …

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  • 6deal — deal1 W1S1 [di:l] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(agreement)¦ 2 a great deal 3¦(treatment)¦ 4 it s a deal 5¦(cards)¦ 6¦(wood)¦ 7 a deal of something ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: dAl] 1.) …

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  • 7Speculation about Mona Lisa — Mona Lisa , or La Gioconda (La Joconde) is a 16th century portrait painted in oil on a poplar panel by Leonardo Da Vinci. Perhaps the most famous painting in the world, the Mona Lisa is the subject of a great deal of theorizing and speculation. [ …

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  • 8speculation — /ˌspekjυ leɪʃ(ə)n/ noun a risky deal which may produce a short term profit ● He bought the company as a speculation. ● She lost all her money in Stock Exchange speculations …

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  • 9speculation — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Thought] Syn. meditation, consideration, thinking; see thought 1 . 2. [Speculative business] Syn. trading in futures, speculative enterprise, financial risk, a flier in stocks*, risky deal*; see also gambling . Ant. risk*,… …

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  • 10New deal — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Nouvelle Donne (homonymie). Franklin D. Roosevelt, instigateur du New Deal bouleversa considérablement l économie américaine pour l …

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