| partial breach | a breach that does not destroy the value of the contract but can give rise to a claim for damages |
incomplete abortion
partial abortion | termination of pregnancy without expulsion of all of the products of conception |
issue issuing
issuance | the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity), a new issue of stamps, the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago |
| stock issue | (corporation law) the authorization and delivery of shares of stock for sale to the public or the shares thus offered at a particular time |
issue
publication | the act of issuing printed materials |
| partial verdict | (criminal law) a finding that the defendant is guilty of some charges but innocent of others |
exit
issue
outlet
way out | an opening that permits escape or release, he blocked the way out, the canyon had only one issue |
| partial denture | a denture replacing one or more teeth in a dental arch |
overtone
partial partial tone | a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency |
topic
subject issue
matter | some situation or event that is thought about, he kept drifting off the topic, he had been thinking about the subject for several years, it is a matter for the police |
| issue | an important question that is in dispute and must be settled, the issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone, politicians never discuss the real issues |
gut issue
hot-button issue | an issue that elicits strong emotional reactions |
| paramount issue | an issue whose settlement is more important than anything else, and issue that must be settled before anything else can be settled |
pocketbook issue
bread-and-butter issue | an issue whose settlement will affect financial resources |
Dalton's law
Dalton's law of partial pressures
law of partial pressures | (chemistry and physics) law stating that the pressure exerted by a mixture of gases equals the sum of the partial pressures of the gases in the mixture, the pressure of a gas in a mixture equals the pressure it would exert if it occupied the same volume alone at the same temperature |
partial derivative
partial | the derivative of a function of two or more variables with respect to a single variable while the other variables are considered to be constant |
| partial correlation | a correlation between two variables when the effects of one or more related variables are removed |
| Kendall partial rank correlation | a nonparametric measure of partial correlation |
issue
number | one of a series published periodically, she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room |
| partial differential equation | a differential equation involving a functions of more than one variable |
rights offering
rights issue | an offering of common stock to existing shareholders who hold subscription rights or pre-emptive rights that entitle them to buy newly issued shares at a discount from the price at which they will be offered to the public later, the investment banker who handles a rights offering usually agrees to buy any shares not bought by shareholders |
emergence
egress issue | the becoming visible, not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins |
| partial eclipse | an eclipse in which the eclipsed body is only partially obscured |
offspring
progeny
issue | the immediate descendants of a person, she was the mother of many offspring, he died without issue |
consequence
effect
outcome
result
event issue
upshot | a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon, the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise, his decision had depressing consequences for business, he acted very wise after the event |
| partial veil | membrane of the young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growth, represented in mature mushroom by an annulus around the stem and sometimes a cortina on the margin of the cap |
return
issue
take
takings
proceeds
yield
payoff | the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property, the average return was about % |
hot stock
hot issue | newly issued stock that is in great public demand |
| bond issue | bonds sold by a corporation or government agency at a particular time and identifiable by date of maturity |
issue military issue
government issue | supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government |
dead letter
non-issue | the state of something that has outlived its relevance |
issue
emerge come out come forth
go forth
egress | come out of, Water issued from the hole in the wall, The words seemed to come out by themselves |
disagree
differ
dissent take issue | be of different opinions, I beg to differ!, She disagrees with her husband on many questions |
publish
bring out
put out
issue
release | prepare and issue for public distribution or sale, publish a magazine or newspaper |
| issue | bring out an official document (such as a warrant) |
write out
issue make out
cut | make out and issue, write out a check, cut a ticket, Please make the check out to me |
issue
supply | circulate or distribute or equip with, issue a new uniform to the children, supply blankets for the beds |
issue forth
come d | come forth, A scream came from the woman's mouth, His breath came hard |
| partial | being or affecting only a part, not total, a partial description of the suspect, partial collapse, a partial eclipse, a partial monopoly, partial immunity |
fond(p)
partial(p) | (followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for, fond of chocolate, partial to horror movies |
| partial | showing favoritism |