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at home collapse: a reception held in your own home; at, to, or toward the place where you reside; "he worked at home"; on the home team's field; "they played at home last night"

vignette collapse: a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books); a photograph whose edges shade off gradually

rebate collapse: a refund of some fraction of the amount paid; join with a rebate; "rebate the pieces of timber and stone"; cut a rebate in (timber or stone); give a reduction in the price during a sale; "The store is rebating refrigerators this week"

kickback collapse: a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction

obsolete collapse: old; no longer in use or valid or fashionable; "obsolete words"; "an obsolete locomotive"; "outdated equipment"; "superannuated laws"; "out-of-date ideas"

power of attorney collapse: a legal instrument authorizing someone to act as the grantor's agent

resident collapse: someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there; living in a particular place; "resident aliens"

insular collapse: narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; "little sympathy with parochial mentality"; "insular attitudes toward foreigners"; suggestive of the isolated life of an island; "an exceedingly insular man; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist"- Leonard Michaels; relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island; "insular territories"; "Hawaii's insular culture"

handling collapse: the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means; manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something

appoint collapse: furnish; "a beautifully appointed house"; create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a committee"; assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"

housewarming collapse: a party of people assembled to celebrate moving into a new home

helping collapse: an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal; "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each"

errand collapse: a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission

iniquity collapse: absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness"

vernacular collapse: the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)

delegate collapse: a person appointed or elected to represent others; give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person); transfer power to someone

half collapse: in various games or performances: either of two periods of play separated by an interval; (of siblings) related through one parent only; "a half brother"; "half sister"; partially or to the extent of a half; "he was half hidden by the bushes"

stationary collapse: not capable of being moved; "stationary machinery"; standing still; "the car remained stationary with the engine running"

Federal collapse: any federal law-enforcement officer; a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War; national; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units; "the Federal Bureau of Investigation"; "federal courts"; "the federal highway program"; "federal property"; characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities; "a federal system like that of the United States"; "federal governments often evolved out of confederations"; of or relating to the central government of a federation; "a federal district is one set aside as the seat of the national government"

crime collapse: (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"; an evil act not necessarily punishable by law; "crimes of the heart"

colloquium collapse: an address to an academic meeting or seminar; an academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting

seance collapse: a meeting of spiritualists; "the seance was held in the medium's parlor"

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