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award collapse: a grant made by a law court; "he criticized the awarding of compensation by the court"; a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction; "an award for bravery"; give, especially as an honor or reward; "bestow honors and prizes at graduation"; give as judged due or on the basis of merit; "the referee awarded a free kick to the team"; "the jury awarded a million dollars to the plaintiff";"Funds are granted to qualified researchers"

dispense collapse: grant a dispensation; grant an exemption; "I was dispensed from this terrible task"

confer collapse: have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action"; present; "The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated"; "bestow an honor on someone"

patronize collapse: be a regular customer or client of; "We patronize this store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could"; treat condescendingly; do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of

haggle collapse: an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining); wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's not haggle over a few dollars"

much collapse: a great amount or extent; "they did much for humanity"; (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely; "much the same thing happened every time"; "practically everything in Hinduism is the manifestation of a god"; very; "he was much annoyed"; to a great degree or extent; "she's much better now"; frequently or in great quantities; "I don't drink much"; "I don't travel much"

packet collapse: a small package or bundle; (computer science) a message or message fragment

slog collapse: walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"

chastise collapse: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"

condescend collapse: debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way; "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail"; do something that one considers to be below one's dignity; behave in a patronizing and condescending manner

trade collapse: the skilled practice of a practical occupation; "he learned his trade as an apprentice"; the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services; "Venice was an important center of trade with the East"; "they are accused of conspiring to constrain trade"; the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers; "even before noon there was a considerable patronage"; exchange or give (something) in exchange for; turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase; "trade in an old car for a new one"; engage in the trade of; "he is merchandising telephone sets"; be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions; "The stock traded around $20 a share"

fetch collapse: the action of fetching; take away or remove; "The devil will fetch you!"; be sold for a certain price; "The painting brought $10,000"; "The old print fetched a high price at the auction"

euchre collapse: a card game similar to ecarte; each player is dealt 5 cards and the player making trump must take 3 tricks to win a hand

investigate collapse: conduct an inquiry or investigation of; "The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities"; "inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady"; investigate scientifically; "Let's investigate the syntax of Chinese"

date collapse: sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed; a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date"; a participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking"; the present; "they are up to date"; "we haven't heard from them to date"; the specified day of the month; "what is the date today?"; a particular day specified as the time something happens; "the date of the election is set by law"; the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred; "he tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class"; a particular but unspecified point in time; "they hoped to get together at an early date"; assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of; "Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings"; provide with a dateline; mark with a date; "She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated"; stamp with a date; "The package is dated November 24"; go on a date with; "Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart"

syndication collapse: selling (an article or cartoon) for publication in many magazines or newspapers at the same time; "he received a comfortable income from the syndication of his work"; organizing into or administering as a syndicate

plating collapse: the application of a thin coat of metal (as by electrolysis); a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface

wallop collapse: a severe blow; defeat soundly and utterly; "We'll wallop them!"

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