Underground Railroad
Underground Railway | secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War |
evaluation
rating | act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of |
| real-estate business | the business of selling real estate |
beach wagon
station wagon
wagon estate car
beach waggon
station waggon
waggon | a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat |
cable railway
funicular
funicular railway | a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars |
car railcar
railway car
railroad car | a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad, three cars had jumped the rails |
cog railway
rack railway | railway for steep mountains, a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction |
department store
emporium | a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise, commonly part of a retail chain |
elevated railway
elevated railroad
elevated
el
overhead railway | a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level |
| garage service department | a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired |
line railway line
rail line | the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed |
locomotive
engine locomotive engine
railway locomotive | a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks |
railroad track
railroad railway | a line of track providing a runway for wheels, he walked along the railroad track |
railway
railroad
railroad line
railway line railway system | line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight |
| railway junction | a junction where two or more railway lines meet or cross |
railway station
railroad station
railroad terminal
train station
train depot | terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods |
| scenic railway | small railway in an amusement park |
yard railway yard
railyard | an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines |
rating system
scoring system | a system of classifying according to quality or merit or amount |
evaluation
valuation
rating | an appraisal of the value of something, he set a high valuation on friendship |
| bond rating | an evaluation by a rating company of the probability that a particular bond issue will default, the bonds of highest quality are said to have bond ratings of AAA |
credit rating
credit | an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments |
| department | a specialized sphere of knowledge, baking is not my department, his work established a new department of literature |
Real Estate Investment Trust
REIT | an investment trust that owns and manages a pool of commercial properties and mortgages and other real estate assets, shares can be bought and sold in the stock market |
department
section | a specialized division of a large organization, you'll find it in the hardware department, she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury |
| academic department | a division of a school that is responsible for a given subject |
anthropology department
department of anthropology | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in anthropology |
| art department | the academic department responsible for teaching art and art appreciation |
biology department
department of biology | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in biology |
chemistry department
department of chemistry | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in chemistry |
| department of computer science | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in computer science |
economics department
department of economics | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in economics |
English department
department of English | the academic department responsible for teaching English and American literature |
history department
department of history | the academic department responsible for teaching history |
linguistics department
department of linguistics | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in linguistics |
mathematics department
department of mathematics | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in mathematics |
philosophy department
department of philosophy | the academic department responsible for teaching philosophy |
physics department
department of physics | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in physics |
music department
department of music | the academic department responsible for teaching music and music appreciation |
psychology department
department of psychology | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in psychology |
sociology department
department of sociology | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in sociology |
| business department | a division of a business firm |
advertising department
advertising division | the division of a business that is responsible for advertising |
| editorial department | the department of a publishing business that edits material for publication |
| parts department | the division of a business (e.g. a service garage) that sells replacement parts |
personnel department
personnel office
personnel staff office | the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management |
plant department
building department | the division of a business responsible for building and maintaining the physical plant |
| purchasing department | the division of a business that is responsible for purchases |
sales department
sales division
sales force | the division of a business that is responsible for selling products or services |
| service department | the division of a business that provides customer services |