decision
determination conclusion | the act of making up your mind about something, the burden of decision was his, he drew his conclusions quickly |
a mischief
mischief-making
mischievousness
deviltry devilry devilment
rascality
roguery
roguishness
shenanigan ddd | reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others |
sexual love
lovemaking
making love
love
love life | sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people, his lovemaking disgusted her, he hadn't had any love in months, he has a very complicated love life |
lace making
tatting | the act or art of making handmade lace |
devising
fashioning
making | the act that results in something coming to be, the devising of plans, the fashioning of pots and pans, the making of measurements, it was already in the making |
moviemaking
movie making
film making | the production of movies |
winemaking
wine making | the craft and science of growing grapes and making wine |
judgment
judgement
judicial decision | (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it |
final judgment
final decision | a judgment disposing of the case before the court, after the judgment (or an appeal from it) is rendered all that remains is to enforce the judgment |
| Bakke decision | a ruling by the Supreme Court on affirmative action, the Court ruled in that medical schools are entitled to consider race as a factor in their admission policy |
slave-making ant
slave-maker | an ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slave ants |
| making | (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something, the recipe listed all the makings for a chocolate cake |
qualification
making | an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something, her qualifications for the job are excellent, one of the qualifications for admission is an academic degree, she has the makings of fine musician |
decisiveness
decision | the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose, a man of unusual decisiveness |
decision making
deciding | the cognitive process of reaching a decision, a good executive must be good at decision making |
basis
base
foundation
fundament
groundwork
cornerstone | the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained, the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture |
decision
determination
conclusion | a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration, a decision unfavorable to the opposition, his conclusion took the evidence into account, satisfied with the panel's determination |
| decision table | a table of all contingencies and the actions to be taken for each |
informing
making known | a speech act that conveys information |
| decision | the outcome of a game or contest, the team dropped three decisions in a row |
| decision | (boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred, had little trouble in taking a unanimous decision over his opponent |
| split decision | a boxing decision in which the judges are not unanimous |
administrator
decision maker | someone who administers a business |
| accrual basis | a method of accounting in which each item is entered as it is earned or incurred regardless of when actual payments are received or made |
| cash basis | a method of accounting in which each item is entered as payments are received or made |
leak
wetting
making water
passing water | a euphemism for urination, he had to take a leak |
photomechanics
photoplate making | the process whereby printing surfaces (plates or cylinders) are produced by photographic methods, photomechanics revolutionized the practice of printing |
footing
basis
ground | a relation that provides the foundation for something, they were on a friendly footing, he worked on an interim basis |
| basis base | the most important or necessary part of something, the basis of this drink is orange juice |
nonprofit
non-profit-making | not commercially motivated |
| policy-making | concerned with policy, not administration |
epochal
epoch-making | highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era, epochal decisions made by Roosevelt and Churchill, an epoch-making discovery |
regularly
on a regular basis | in a regular manner, letters arrived regularly from his children |
irregularly
on an irregular basis | in an irregular manner, her letters arrived irregularly |
individually
separately singly severally
one by one on an individual basis | apart from others, taken individually, the rooms were, in fact, square, the fine points are treated singly |