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round robin collapse: a letter signed by a number of people; a tournament in which every contestant plays every other contestant

dead letter collapse: mail that can neither be delivered nor returned; the state of something that has outlived its relevance

encyclical collapse: a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world; intended for wide distribution; "an encyclical letter"

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

diploma collapse: a document certifying the successful completion of a course of study

letter of credit collapse: a document issued by a bank that guarantees the payment of a customer's draft; substitutes the bank's credit for the customer's credit

brevet collapse: a document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily (but without higher pay); promote somebody by brevet, in the military

charter collapse: a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation; a contract to hire or lease transportation; grant a charter to

pornography collapse: creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire

biography collapse: an account of the series of events making up a person's life

liberty collapse: freedom of choice; "liberty of opinion"; "liberty of worship"; "liberty--perfect liberty--to think or feel or do just as one pleases"; "at liberty to choose whatever occupation one wishes"; personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression

franchise collapse: a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote); an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place; a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area; grant a franchise to

letters collapse: the literary culture; "this book shows American letters at its best"; scholarly attainment; "he is a man of letters"

literature collapse: the profession or art of a writer; "her place in literature is secure"; the humanistic study of a body of literature; "he took a course in Russian lit"; creative writing of recognized artistic value; published writings in a particular style on a particular subject; "the technical literature"; "one aspect of Waterloo has not yet been treated in the literature"

annals collapse: a chronological account of events in successive years; reports of the work of a society or learned body etc

concession collapse: a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business; "he got the beer concession at the ball park"; the act of conceding or yielding; a point conceded or yielded; "they won all the concessions they asked for"

bull collapse: a serious and ludicrous blunder; "he made a bad bull of the assignment"; mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle; uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle; a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla); a large and strong and heavyset man; "he was a bull of a man"; "a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got"; an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later; uncomplimentary terms for a policeman; advance in price; "stocks were bulling"; try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying; push or force; "He bulled through his demands"

history collapse: the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings; "he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long view"; all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge; "the dawn of recorded history"; "from the beginning of history"; a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"; the aggregate of past events; "a critical time in the school's history"; the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future; "all of human history"

overt collapse: open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"; "open ballots"

classic collapse: a creation of the highest excellence; an artist who has created classic works; characteristic of the classical artistic and literary traditions; adhering to established standards and principles; "a classic proof"

academician collapse: an educator who works at a college or university; a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation; someone elected to honorary membership in an academy

humanism collapse: the doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason; rejects religion and the supernatural; the cultural movement of the Renaissance; based on classical studies

memoir collapse: an essay on a scientific or scholarly topic; an account of the author's personal experiences

patent collapse: a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention; an official document granting a right or privilege; (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage; "patent ductus arteriosus"; make open to sight or notice; "His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him"; obtain a patent for; "Should I patent this invention?"; grant rights to; grant a patent for

humanist collapse: a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts; an advocate of the principles of humanism; pertaining to or concerned with the humanities; "humanistic studies"; "a humane education"; of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion; "the humanist belief in continuous emergent evolution"- Wendell Thomas

muckraker collapse: one who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage)

entitle collapse: give a title to; give the right to; "The Freedom of Information Act entitles you to request your FBI file"

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