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advocate collapse: a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea; a lawyer who pleads cases in court

monopoly collapse: a board game in which players try to gain a monopoly on real estate as pieces advance around the board according to the throw of a die; exclusive control or possession of something; "They have no monopoly on intelligence"; (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller; "a monopoly on silver"; "when you have a monopoly you can ask any price you like"

script collapse: a particular orthography or writing system; a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance; write a script for; "The playwright scripted the movie"

heritage collapse: practices that are handed down from the past by tradition; "a heritage of freedom"

lawlessness collapse: illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law

tenement collapse: a rundown apartment house barely meeting minimal standards

inscribed collapse: written (by handwriting, printing, engraving, or carving) on or in a surface

newsletter collapse: report or open letter giving informal or confidential news of interest to a special group

vested interest collapse: groups that seek to control a social system or activity from which they derive private benefit; (law) an interest in which there is a fixed right to present or future enjoyment and that can be conveyed to another

scroll collapse: a document that can be rolled up (as for storage); move through text or graphics in order to display parts that do not fit on the screen; "Scroll down to see the entire text"

dower collapse: a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband

ranch collapse: farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle); manage or run a ranch; "Her husband is ranching in Arizona"

brokerage collapse: the business of a broker; charges a fee to arrange a contract between two parties; a stock broker's business; charges a fee to act as intermediary between buyer and seller

fib collapse: a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"; tell a relatively insignificant lie; "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying"

colony collapse: a group of animals of the same type living together; (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell; a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government; a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country; one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States

avowal collapse: a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something

applicable collapse: readily applicable or practical; capable of being applied; having relevance; "gave applicable examples to support her argument"

blank collapse: a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet; a piece of material ready to be made into something; a substitute for a taboo word; "I hit the blank blank car"; void of expression; "a blank stare"; (of a surface) not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins"; not charged with a bullet; "a blank cartridge"; keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning

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"

restraint of trade collapse: any act that tends to prevent free competition in business

sufficient collapse: of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant; "sufficient food"

commune collapse: a body of people or families living together and sharing everything; the smallest administrative district of several European countries; communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity; "He seemed to commune with nature"; receive Communion, in the Catholic church

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