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discount collapse: the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise; give a reduction in price on; "I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes"

salvo collapse: a sudden outburst of cheers; "there was a salvo of approval"; an outburst resembling the discharge of firearms or the release of bombs

sad collapse: experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; "feeling sad because his dog had died"; "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti; of things that make you feel sad; "sad news"; "she doesn't like sad movies"; "it was a very sad story"; "When I am dead, my dearest, / Sing no sad songs for me"- Christina Rossetti

refractory collapse: temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to nervous or sexual stimuli; "the refractory period of a muscle fiber"; not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains"

opposed collapse: being in opposition or having an opponent; "two bitterly opposed schools of thought"; in opposition to (a policy or attitude etc.); "an opposing vote"

tenure collapse: the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands; the term during which some position is held; give life-time employment to; "She was tenured after she published her book"

quarrelsome collapse: given to quarreling; "arguing children"; "quarrelsome when drinking"

lease collapse: a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment; property that is leased or rented out or let; the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect; engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"; grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners"

freehold collapse: tenure by which land is held in fee simple or for life; an estate held in fee simple or for life

stress collapse: the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"; (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area"; difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension; "she endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"- R.J.Samuelson; special emphasis attached to something; "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"; put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"; to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

circuit collapse: an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow; (law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations); one of the twelve groups of states in the United States that is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals; an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to; "she's a familiar name on the club circuit"; "on the lecture circuit"; "the judge makes a circuit of the courts in his district"; "the international tennis circuit"; make a circuit; "They were circuiting about the state"

clashing collapse: sharply and harshly discordant; "clashing interests of loggers and conservationists"; "clashing colors"

hairsplitting collapse: making too fine distinctions of little importance; "they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously"

circumstance collapse: information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; "another consideration is the time it would take"; formal ceremony about important occasions; "pomp and circumstance"; a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity

fractious collapse: unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome; "rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas"; "fractious components of a communication system"; stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child"

chain reaction collapse: a series of chemical reactions in which the product of one is a reactant in the next; a self-sustaining nuclear reaction; a series of nuclear fissions in which neutrons released by splitting one atom leads to the splitting of others

antipathetic collapse: (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed; "antipathetic to new ideas"; "averse to taking risks"; "loath to go on such short notice"; "clearly indisposed to grant their request"

conflicting collapse: on bad terms; "they were usually at odds over politics"; "conflicting opinions"

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