Attorney-general (n.) The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law-executing power is a party, and to advise this supreme executive whenever required. |
Average (n.) That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc. |
Average (n.) A tariff or duty on goods, etc. |
Average (n.) Any charge in addition to the regular charge for freight of goods shipped. |
Average (n.) A contribution to a loss or charge which has been imposed upon one of several for the general benefit |
Average (n.) The equitable and proportionate distribution of loss or expense among all interested. |
Average (n.) A mean proportion, medial sum or quantity, made out of unequal sums or quantities |
Average (n.) Any medial estimate or general statement derived from a comparison of diverse specific cases |
Average (n.) In the English corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets. |
Average (a.) Pertaining to an average or mean |
Average (a.) According to the laws of averages |
Average (v. t.) To find the mean of, when sums or quantities are unequal |
Average (v. t.) To divide among a number, according to a given proportion |
Average (v. t.) To do, accomplish, get, etc., on an average. |
Average (v. i.) To form, or exist in, a mean or medial sum or quantity |
Brigadier general () An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a major general. He commands a brigade, and is sometimes called, by a shortening of his title, simple a brigadier. |
Deposit (n.) To lay down |
Deposit (n.) To lay up or away for safe keeping |
Deposit (n.) To lodge in some one's hands for safe keeping |
Deposit (n.) To lay aside |
Deposit (v. t.) That which is deposited, or laid or thrown down |
Deposit (v. t.) A natural occurrence of a useful mineral under the conditions to invite exploitation. |
Deposit (v. t.) That which is placed anywhere, or in any one's hands, for safe keeping |
Deposit (v. t.) A bailment of money or goods to be kept gratuitously for the bailor. |
Deposit (v. t.) Money lodged with a party as earnest or security for the performance of a duty assumed by the person depositing. |
Deposit (v. t.) A place of deposit |
General (a.) Relating to a genus or kind |
General (a.) Comprehending many species or individuals |
General (a.) Not restrained or limited to a precise import |
General (a.) Common to many, or the greatest number |
General (a.) Having a relation to all |
General (a.) As a whole |
General (a.) Usual |
General (a.) The whole |
General (a.) One of the chief military officers of a government or country |
General (a.) The roll of the drum which calls the troops together |
General (a.) The chief of an order of monks, or of all the houses or congregations under the same rule. |
General (a.) The public |
Governor general () A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him |
Lieutenant general () An army officer in rank next below a general and next above a major general. |
Major general () An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps. |
Postmasters-general (pl. ) of Postmaster-general |
Postmaster-general (n.) The chief officer of the post-office department of a government. In the United States the postmaster-general is a member of the cabinet. |
Solicitor-general (n.) The second law officer in the government of Great Britain |
States-general (n.) In France, before the Revolution, the assembly of the three orders of the kingdom, namely, the clergy, the nobility, and the third estate, or commonalty. |
States-general (n.) In the Netherlands, the legislative body, composed of two chambers. |
general election | a national or state election, candidates are chosen in all constituencies |
deposit deposition | the act of putting something somewhere |
Attorney General Attorney General of the United States | the position of the head of the Justice Department and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States, the post of Attorney General was created in |
quarterback signal caller field general | (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team, quarterback is the most important position on the team |
general verdict | an ordinary verdict declaring which party prevails without any special findings of fact |
command post general headquarters GHQ | military headquarters from which a military commander controls and organizes the forces |
country store general store trading post | a retail store serving a sparsely populated region, usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise |
depository deposit depositary repository | a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping |
general anesthetic general anaesthetic | an anesthetic that anesthetizes the entire body and causes loss of consciousness |
general-purpose bomb GP bomb | a large bomb ( to , pounds that is % explosive) whose explosion creates a blast and whose metal casing creates some fragmentation effect |
inhalation anesthetic inhalation anaesthetic inhalation general anesthetic inhalation general anaesthetic | a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled |
safe-deposit safe-deposit box safety-deposit safety deposit box deposit box lockbox | a fireproof metal strongbox (usually in a bank) for storing valuables |
average cost | total cost for all units bought (or produced) divided by the number of units |
public knowledge general knowledge | knowledge that is available to anyone |
general | a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular), he discussed the general but neglected the particular |
average | an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual, he is about average in height, the snowfall this month is below average |
average norm | a statistic describing the location of a distribution, it set the norm for American homes |
internal medicine general medicine | the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and (nonsurgical) treatment of diseases of the internal organs (especially in adults) |
anatomy general anatomy r | the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals |
general relativity general theory of relativity general relativity theory Einstein's general theory of relativity | a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence) |
Dow Jones Dow-Jones Industrial Average | an indicator of stock market prices, based on the share values ofbluehip stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is the most widely cited indicator of how the stock market is doing |
deposit | a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met |
earned run average ERA | (baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness, calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched |
grade point average GPA | a measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university, calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted |
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command PFLP-GC | a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that conducted several attacks in western Europe |
Arminian Baptist General Baptist | group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius (who opposed the doctrine of strict predestination of the Calvinists) |
general delivery poste restante | the part of a post office that handles mail for persons who call for it |
legislature legislative assembly legislative body general assembly law-makers | persons who make or amend or repeal laws |
States General | assembly of the estates of an entire country especially the sovereign body of the Dutch republic from th to th centuries |
Estates General | assembly of the estates of all France, last meeting in |
General Assembly | the supreme deliberative assembly of the United Nations |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GATT | a United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas |
Shin Bet General Security Services | the Israeli domestic counterintelligence and internal security agency, the Shin Bet also handles overall security for Israel's national airline |
Office of Inspector General OIG | the investigative arm of the Federal Trade Commission |
General Services Administration GSA | a central management agency that sets Federal policy for Federal procurement and real property management and information resources management |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FDIC | a federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions |
general staff | military officers assigned to assist a senior officer in planning military policy |
alluvial sediment alluvial deposit alluvium alluvion | clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down |
sediment deposit | matter that has been deposited by some natural process |
adjutant general | a general's adjutant, chief administrative officer |
attorney general | the chief law officer of a country or state |
brigadier brigadier general | a general officer ranking below a major general |
Comptroller General | a United States federal official who supervises expenditures and settles claims against the government |
general full general | a general officer of the highest rank |
general superior general | the head of a religious order or congregation |
general manager | the highest ranking manager |
general officer | officers in the Army or Air Force or Marines above the rank of colonel |
general practitioner GP | a physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses |
governor general | a governor of high rank |
inspector general | a military officer responsible for investigations |