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  • 11period — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. second, minute, hour; day, week, month; quarter, year, decade; lifetime, generation, time; century, age, millennium, era, epoch; [full] stop or pause, sentence; menstruation, monthlies, friend[s]… …

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  • 12period — /ˈpɪəriəd / (say pearreeuhd) noun 1. an indefinite portion of time, or of history, life, etc., characterised by certain features or conditions. 2. any specified division or portion of time. 3. Education a specific length of time in a school… …

  • 13period — 1. A certain duration or division of time. 2. One of the stages of a disease, e.g., p. of incubation, p. of convalescence. SEE ALSO: stage, phase. 3. Colloquialism for menses. 4. Any of the horizontal rows of chemical elements in the …

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  • 14period-certain annuity — An annuity that provides guaranteed payments to an annuitant for a specified period of time. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …

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  • 15Grace Period — A provision in most loan and insurance contracts which allows payment to be received for a certain period of time after the actual due date. During this period no late fees will be charged, and the late payment will not result in default or… …

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  • 16exclusive negotiating period — exclusive negotiating period/lock out agreement Agreement by the seller or both parties not to enter into negotiations with any third party that might jeopardise the acquisition for a certain period of time. The length of exclusivity must be… …

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  • 17exclusive negotiating period/lock out agreement — Agreement by the seller or both parties not to enter into negotiations with any third party that might jeopardise the acquisition for a certain period of time. The length of exclusivity must be reasonable based on the nature of the deal and time… …

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  • 18within a given period — during a certain period, within a length of time …

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  • 19The period — Period Pe ri*od, n. [L. periodus, Gr. ? a going round, a way round, a circumference, a period of time; ? round, about + ? a way: cf. F. p[ e]riode.] 1. A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion …

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  • 20Interstate relations during the Spring and Autumn period — Certain patterns emerged to govern the conduct of relations among the states of the Spring and Autumn period of ancient China. These patterns constituted a rudimentary system of interstate or international law based on the model of feudalism… …

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