Capital Definition–noun | 1. | the city or town that is the official seat of government in a country, state, etc.: Tokyo is the capital of Japan. | | 2. | a city regarded as being of special eminence in some field of activity: New York is the dance capital of the world. | | 4. | the wealth, whether in money or property, owned or employed in business by an individual, firm, corporation, etc. | | 5. | an accumulated stock of such wealth. | | 6. | any form of wealth employed or capable of being employed in the production of more wealth. | | 7. | Accounting. | a. | assets remaining after deduction of liabilities; the net worth of a business. | | b. | the ownership interest in a business. | | | 8. | any source of profit, advantage, power, etc.; asset: His indefatigable drive is his greatest capital. | | 9. | capitalists as a group or class (distinguished from labor ): High taxation has reduced the spending power of capital. | –adjective | 10. | pertaining to financial capital: capital stock. | | 11. | principal; highly important: This guide
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offers suggestions of capital interest to travelers. | | 12. | chief, esp. as being the official seat of government of a country, state, etc.: the capital city of France. | | 13. | excellent or first-rate: a capital hotel; a capital fellow. | | 15. | involving the loss of life: capital punishment. | | 16. | punishable by death: a capital crime; a capital offender. | | 17. | fatal; extremely serious: a capital error. | |
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One Definition–adjective | 1. | being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather than two or more; a single: one woman; one nation; one piece of cake. | | 2. | being a person, thing, or individual instance or member of a number, kind, group, or category indicated: one member of the party. | | 3. | existing, acting, or considered as a single unit, entity, or individual. | | 4. | of the same or having a single kind, nature, or condition: We belong to one team; We are of one resolve. | | 5. | noting some indefinite day or time in the future: You will see him one day. | | 6. | a certain (often used in naming a person otherwise unknown or undescribed): One John Smith was chosen. | | 7. | being a particular, unique, or only individual, item, or unit: I'm looking for the one adviser I can trust. | | 8. | noting some indefinite day or time in the past: We all had dinner together one evening last week. | | 9. | of no consequence as to the character, outcome, etc.; the same: It's all one to me whether they go or not. | –noun | 10. | the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity. | | 11. | a symbol of this number, as 1 or
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I. | | 12. | a single person or thing: If only problems would come one at a time! | | 13. | a die face or a domino face having one pip. | | 14. | a one-dollar bill: to change a five-dollar bill for five ones. | | 15. | (initial capital letter ) Neoplatonism. the ultimate reality, seen as a central source of being by whose emanations all entities, spiritual and corporeal, have their existence, the corporeal ones containing the fewest of the emanations. | –pronoun | 16. | a person or thing of a number or kind indicated or understood: one of the Elizabethan poets. | | 17. | (in certain pronominal combinations) a person unless definitely specified otherwise: every one. | | 18. | (with a defining clause or other qualifying words) a person or a personified being or agency: the evil one; the one I love. | | 19. | any person indefinitely; anyone: as good as one would desire. | | 20. | Chiefly British. (used as a substitute for the pronoun I): Mother had been ailing for many months, and one should have realized it. | | 21. | a person of the speaker's kind; such as the speaker himself or herself: to press one's own claims. | | 22. | something or someone of the kind just mentioned: The portraits are fine ones. Your teachers this semester seem to be good ones. | | 23. | something available or referred to, esp. in the immediate area: Here, take one—they're delicious. The bar is open, so have one on me! | —Idioms | 24. | at one, | a. | in a state of agreement; of one opinion. | | b. | united in thought or feeling; attuned: He felt at one with his Creator. | | | 25. | one and all, everyone: They came, one and all, to welcome him home. | | 26. | one by one, singly and successively: One by one the children married and moved away. | | 27. | one for the road. road (def. 9). | |
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Credit Definition–noun | 1. | commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.: Give credit where it is due. | | 2. | a source of pride or honor: You are a credit to your school. | | 3. | the ascription or acknowledgment of something as due or properly attributable to a person, institution, etc.: She got a screen credit for photography. | | 4. | trustworthiness; credibility: a witness of credit. | | 5. | confidence in a purchaser's ability and intention to pay, displayed by entrusting the buyer with goods or services without immediate payment. | | 6. | reputation of solvency and probity, entitling a person to be trusted in buying or borrowing: Your credit is good. | | 7. | influence or authority resulting from the confidence of others or from one's reputation. | | 8. | time allowed for payment for goods or services obtained on trust: 90 days' credit. | | 9. | repute; reputation; esteem. | | 10. | a sum of money due to a person; anything valuable standing on the credit side of an account: He has an outstanding credit of $50. | | 11. | Education. | a. | official acceptance and recording of the work completed by a student in a particular course of study. | | | 12. | Bookkeeping. | a. | an entry of payment or value received on an a
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ccount. | | b. | the right-hand side of an account on which such entries are made (opposed to debit ). | | c. | an entry, or the total shown, on the credit side. | | | 13. | any deposit or sum of money against which a person may draw. | –verb (used with object) | 14. | to believe; put confidence in; trust; have faith in. | | 15. | to bring honor, esteem, etc., to; reflect well upon. | | 16. | Bookkeeping. to enter upon the credit side of an account; give credit for or to. | | 17. | Education. to award educational credits to (often fol. by with): They credited me with three hours in history. | —Verb phrase | 18. | credit to or with, to ascribe to a (thing, person, etc.): In former times many herbs were credited with healing powers. | —Idioms | 19. | do someone credit, to be a source of honor or distinction for someone. Also, do credit to someone. | | 20. | on credit, by deferred payment: Everything they have was bought on credit. | | 21. | to one's credit, deserving of praise or recognition; admirable: It is to his credit that he freely admitted his guilt. | |
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Card Definition–noun | 1. | a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder: a 3″ × 5″ file card; a membership card. | | 2. | one of a set of thin pieces of cardboard with spots, figures, etc., used in playing various games; playing card. | | 3. | cards, (usually used with a singular verb) | a. | a game or games played with such a set. | | b. | the playing of such a game: to win at cards. | | c. | Casino. the winning of 27 cards or more. | | d. | Whist. tricks won in excess of six. | | | 4. | Also called greeting card. a piece of paper or thin cardboard, usually folded, printed with a message of holiday greeting, congratulations, or other sentiment, often with an illustration or decorations, for mailing to a person on an appropriate occasion. | | 5. | something useful in attaining an objective, as a course of action or position of strength, comparable to a high card held in a game: If negotiation fails, we still have another card to play. | | 9. | a program of the events at races, boxing m
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atches, etc. | | 15. | Informal. | a. | a person who is amusing or facetious. | | b. | any person, esp. one with some indicated characteristic: a queer card. | | –verb (used with object) | 16. | to provide with a card. | | 18. | to write, list, etc., on cards. | | 19. | Slang. to examine the identity card or papers of: The bartender was carding all youthful customers to be sure they were of legal drinking age. | —Idioms | 20. | in or on the cards, impending or likely; probable: A reorganization is in the cards. | | 21. | play one's cards right, to act cleverly, sensibly, or cautiously: If you play your cards right, you may get mentioned in her will. | | 22. | put one's cards on the table, to be completely straightforward and open; conceal nothing: He always believed in putting his cards on the table. | |
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Service Definition–noun | 1. | an act of helpful activity; help; aid: to do someone a service. | | 2. | the supplying or supplier of utilities or commodities, as water, electricity, or gas, required or demanded by the public. | | 3. | the providing or a provider of accommodation and activities required by the public, as maintenance, repair, etc.: The manufacturer guarantees service and parts. | | 4. | the organized system of apparatus, appliances, employees, etc., for supplying some accommodation required by the public: a television repair service. | | 5. | the supplying or a supplier of public communication and transportation: telephone service; bus service. | | 6. | the performance of duties or the duties performed as or by a waiter or servant; occupation or
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employment as a waiter or servant. | | 7. | employment in any duties or work for a person, organization, government, etc. | | 8. | a department of public employment, an administrative division of a government, or the body of public servants in it: the diplomatic service. | | 9. | the duty or work of public servants. | | 10. | the serving of a sovereign, state, or government in some official capacity. | | 11. | Military. | a. | the armed forces: in the service. | | b. | a branch of the armed forces, as the army or navy: Which service were you in during the war? | | | 12. | Ordnance. the actions required in loading and firing a cannon: service of the piece. | | 13. | Often, services. the performance of any duties or work for another; helpful or professional activity: medical services. | | 14. | something made or done by a commercial organization for the public benefit and without regard to direct profit: Certain books are published at a loss as a public service. | | 15. | Also called divine service. public religious worship according to prescribed form and order. | | 16. | a ritual or form prescribed for public worship or for some particular occasion: the marriage service. | | 17. | the serving of God by obedience, piety, etc.: voluntary service. | | 18. | a musical setting of the sung portions of a liturgy. | | 19. | a set of dishes, utensils, etc., for general table use or for particular use: a tea service; service for eight. | | 21. | Law. the serving of a process or writ upon a person. | | 22. | Nautical. tarred spun yarn or other small stuff for covering the exterior of a rope. | | 23. | (in tennis, badminton, handball, etc.) | a. | the act or manner of putting the ball or shuttlecock into play; serve. | | b. | the ball or shuttlecock as put into play. | | 24. | the mating of a female animal with the male. | –adjective | 26. | of, pertaining to, or used by servants, delivery people, etc., or in serving food: service stairs; the service pieces in a set of dishes. | | 27. | supplying aids or services rather than products or goods: Medicine is one of the service professions. | | 28. | supplying maintenance and repair: He operates a service center for electrical appliances. | | 29. | of, for, or pertaining to the armed forces of a country or one of them: a service academy. | | 30. | charged for providing service: a service fee of 15 percent on the restaurant check. | | 31. | providing, authorizing, or guaranteeing service: a service industry; a service contract. | –verb (used with object) | 32. | to make fit for use; repair; restore to condition for service: to service an automobile. | | 33. | to supply with aid, information, or other incidental services. | | 34. | (of a male animal) to mate with (a female animal). | | 35. | Finance. to pay off (a debt) over a period of time, as by meeting periodic interest payments. | —Idioms | 36. | at someone's service, ready to be of help or use to someone; at one's disposal: You will have an English-speaking guide at your service. | | 37. | be of service, to be helpful or useful: If we can be of service, do not hesitate to call. | | From DictionaryRelated topics from Britannica |
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