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box office collapse: the office where tickets of admission are sold; total admission receipts for an entertainment

veto collapse: a vote that blocks a decision; the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature); vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill"

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

examination collapse: the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes); the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned; a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions"

colonel collapse: a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general

hour collapse: distance measured by the time taken to cover it; "we live an hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away"; a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day; "the job will take more than an hour"; clock time; "the hour is getting late"; a special and memorable period; "it was their finest hour"

chancery collapse: an office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records; a court of public records; a court with jurisdiction in equity

assistant collapse: a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work"

procurator collapse: (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxes

acolyte collapse: someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches

printer collapse: a machine that prints; (computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing; someone whose occupation is printing

legation collapse: the post or office of legate; a permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister

captain collapse: a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers; the pilot in charge of an airship; the naval officer in command of a military ship; a policeman in charge of a precinct; an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant; the leader of a group of people; "a captain of industry"; be the captain of a sports team

recitation collapse: a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance; "the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems"; written matter that is recited from memory

trimester collapse: one of three divisions of an academic year; a period of three months; especially one of the three three-month periods into which human pregnancy is divided

publisher collapse: a firm in the publishing business; a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music; the proprietor of a newspaper

leap year collapse: in the Gregorian calendar: any year divisible by 4 except centenary years not divisible by 400

brass collapse: a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece; a memorial made of brass; an ornament or utensil made of brass; an alloy of copper and zinc

second collapse: a speech seconding a motion; "do I hear a second?"; the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match; a 60th part of a minute of arc; "the treasure is 2 minutes and 45 seconds south of here"; following the first in an ordering or series; "he came in a close second"; 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; having the second highest gear ratio; "second gear"; coming next after first; "a second chance"; "the second vice president"; a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first; "second flute"; "the second violins"; coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude; in the second place; "second, we must consider the economy"; transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment; "The officer was seconded for duty overseas"; give support or one's approval to; "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project"

rendezvous collapse: a meeting planned at a certain time and place; a place where people meet; "he was waiting for them at the rendezvous"; meet at a rendezvous

amicus curiae collapse: an adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case; usually someone who wants to influence the outcome of a lawsuit involving matters of wide public interest

librarian collapse: a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services

collected collapse: in full control of your faculties; "the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination"; "perfectly poised and sure of himself"; "more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"; "strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble"; brought together in one place; "the collected works of Milton"; "the gathered folds of the skirt"

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