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clerk collapse: an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts); work as a clerk, as in the legal business

generosity collapse: acting generously; the trait of being willing to give your money or time

value collapse: relative darkness or lightness of a color; "I establish the colors and principal values by organizing the painting into three values--dark, medium...and light"-Joe Hing Lowe; the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable; "the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world"; a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed; "the value assigned was 16 milliseconds"; an ideal accepted by some individual or group; "he has old-fashioned values"; the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else; "he tried to estimate the value of the produce at normal prices"; (music) the relative duration of a musical note; fix or determine the value of; assign a value to; "value the jewelry and art work in the estate"

run into collapse: collide violently with an obstacle; "I ran into the telephone pole"; be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"

tenderly collapse: with tenderness; in a tender manner; "tenderly she placed her arms round him"

carefully collapse: taking care or paying attention; "they watched carefully"

top collapse: a garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips; "he stared as she buttoned her top"; covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container); "he removed the top of the carton"; "he couldn't get the top off of the bottle"; "put the cover back on the kettle"; a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin; "he got a bright red top and string for his birthday"; platform surrounding the head of a lower mast; the greatest possible intensity; "he screamed at the top of his lungs"; the highest or uppermost side of anything; "put your books on top of the desk"; "only the top side of the box was painted"; the upper part of anything; "the mower cuts off the tops of the grass"; "the title should be written at the top of the first page"; the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat; "a relief pitcher took over in the top of the fifth"; finish up or conclude; "They topped off their dinner with a cognac"; "top the evening with champagne"; cut the top off; "top trees and bushes"; strike (the top part of a ball in golf, baseball, or pool) giving it a forward spin; reach or ascend the top of; "The hikers topped the mountain just before noon"; provide with a top; "the towers were topped with conical roofs"; be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point; "A star tops the Christmas Tree"

illustrious collapse: having or conferring glory; "an illustrious achievement"

prevalence collapse: the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread; "he was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future"; (epidemiology) the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population

fertility collapse: the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring

disservice collapse: an act intended to help that turns out badly; "he did them a disservice"

munificence collapse: liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit

midterm collapse: middle of an academic term or a political term in office; the middle of the gestation period

major league collapse: the most important league in any sport (especially baseball)

quoit collapse: game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoits

afford collapse: be able to spare or give up; "I can't afford to spend two hours with this person"; afford access to; "the door opens to the patio"; "The French doors give onto a terrace"; have the financial means to do something or buy something; "We can't afford to send our children to college"; "Can you afford this car?"

knight errantry collapse: quixotic (romantic and impractical) behavior; (Middle Ages) the code of conduct observed by a knight errant who is wandering in search of deeds of chivalry

princely collapse: having the rank of or befitting a prince; "a princely bearing"; "princely manner"

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