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101East–West Highway (New England) — The East–West Highway is a long proposed east–west highway corridor in northern New England, intended to link remote northern communities in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont with markets in the Maritimes, Quebec, and upper New York State. Well… …
102annual meeting — Meeting of stockholders held once a year at which the managers of a company report to the stockholders on the year s results. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * annual meeting UK US noun [C] US ► MEETINGS AGM(Cf. ↑AGM): »Shareholders are… …
103deputy — [[t]de̱pjʊti[/t]] ♦♦ deputies 1) N COUNT: oft N n A deputy is the second most important person in an organization such as a business or government department. Someone s deputy often acts on their behalf when they are not there. ...Jack Lang,… …
104mend your fences — mend (your) fences to repair a relationship with someone. The mayor is trying to mend fences with members of the city council so they will approve his plan …
105mend fences — mend (your) fences to repair a relationship with someone. The mayor is trying to mend fences with members of the city council so they will approve his plan …
106sign — [sīn] n. [ME signe < OFr < L signum, a mark, token, prob. < base of secare, to cut (see SAW1): orig. sense prob. “incised mark”] 1. something that indicates a fact, quality, etc.; indication; token [black as a sign of mourning] 2. a) a… …
107United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
108cañada — /keuhn yah deuh, yad euh/, n. Chiefly Western U.S. 1. a dry riverbed. 2. a small, deep canyon. [1840 50; < Sp, equiv. to cañ(a) CANE + ada n. suffix] * * * Canada Introduction Canada Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural resources …
109Canada — /kan euh deuh/, n. a nation in N North America: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 29,123,194; 3,690,410 sq. mi. (9,558,160 sq. km). Cap.: Ottawa. * * * Canada Introduction Canada Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural… …
110japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …
