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  • 101Paramount Pictures — [Paramount Pictures] a major ↑Hollywood film company. It originally owned cinemas and began producing films in the 1920s. The company was bought by Gulf & Western Industries in 1966 and by Viacom Inc in 1994 …

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  • 102Paramount — Par a*mount, n. The highest or chief. Milton. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 103Paramount Resources — Ltd. (tsx|POU) is a Canadian petroleum company incorporated in 1978. The founder, chairman and CEO is Clay Riddell.External links* [http://www.paramountres.com/ Web site] …

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  • 104Paramount Communications — started 1989 defunct 1994 no new viacom …

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  • 105paramount law — index constitution Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 106Paramount — trademark a large US film and television company based in Hollywood, which has made many famous films …

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  • 107paramount — (adj.) 1530s, from Anglo Fr. paramont above (in place, order, degree), mid 14c., from O.Fr. par by + amont up, from a mont upward. The whole from L. per ad montem, lit. to the hill …

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  • 108paramount — preponderant, preponderating, predominant, *dominant, sovereign Analogous words: *supreme, surpassing, preeminent, superlative: capital, foremost, principal, main, leading, *chief …

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  • 109paramount — [adj] principal, superior ascendant, capital, cardinal, chief, commanding, controlling, crowning, dominant, eminent, first, foremost, headmost, leading, main, outstanding, overbearing, predominant, predominate, preeminent, premier, preponderant,… …

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  • 110paramount — ► ADJECTIVE 1) more important than anything else; supreme. 2) having supreme power. DERIVATIVES paramountcy noun. ORIGIN from Old French par by + amont above …

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