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  • 11Starter marriage — A starter marriage is a first marriage that lasts five years or less and ends before the couple has children. [ The Starter Marriage and the Future of Matrimony, Pamela Paul, Villard Books 2002, p.4] The term, a play on the expression starter… …

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  • 12starter marriage — n. A first marriage that lasts only a short time and that ends in a clean (i.e., no kids, no property, no acrimony) divorce. (Cf. starter home.) Example Citation: The past ten years has seen a surge in what are now called starter marriages, as… …

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  • 13starter — /stahr teuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that starts. 2. a person who gives the signal to begin, as for a race, the running of a train, bus, elevator, etc. 3. a device that starts an internal combustion engine without a need for cranking by hand. 4 …

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  • 14starter — I. noun Date: 1622 1. a person who initiates or sets going: as a. an official who gives the signal to begin a race b. one who dispatches vehicles 2. a. one that engages in a competition; especially a member of a starting lineup b. one that begins …

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  • 15starter — start•er [[t]ˈstɑr tər[/t]] n. 1) a person or thing that starts 2) a person who gives the signal to begin, as for a race or the running of a train, elevator, etc 3) aum a device that starts an internal combustion engine without a need for… …

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  • 16starter castle — (STAR.tur kas.ul) n. A large home built on a relatively small property. Example Citation: But as the dimensions of private homes in some parts of the city have grown from 8,000 to 20,000 to 30,000 and even 40,000 square feet the lots on which… …

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  • 17Home Run Johnson — Grant Home Run Johnson (September 21 1874 September 4 1963) was an American shortstop in baseball s Negro Leagues. He played for many of the greatest teams of the deadball era. Born in Findlay, Ohio, he died at age 88 in Buffalo, New York.Johnson …

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  • 18Second home ownership — A few decades ago, only wealthy families owned more than one automobile. Today, owning just one car is a rarity. Over the thirty years, owning a second home may be as common as owning a second car. Already, 6.4 million homeowners (6%) own a… …

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  • 19Single-family detached home — Detached redirects here. For other uses, see Detachment (disambiguation). A Northern European single family home in Denmark. A single family detached home, also called a single detached dwelling or separate house is a free standing residential… …

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  • 20First time home buyer grant — A first time home buyer grant is a grant specifically for/targeted at those buying their first home mdash; perhaps a starter home.Like other grants, the first time buyer does not hold an obligation to repay the grant.In this respect, it differs… …

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