| development | act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining, he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency, they funded research and development |
| product development | improving an existing product or developing new kinds of products |
| Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | the position of the head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the position of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development was created in |
| personal care | care for someone who is disabled or is otherwise unable to care for themselves, can including bathing and cooking and managing bodily functions |
| personal foul | a foul that involves unnecessarily rough contact (as in basketball or football) |
exploitation
development | the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful, the development of Alaskan resources, the exploitation of copper deposits |
| land development | making an area of land more useful |
water development
water project
water program | making an area of water more useful |
judgment in personam
judgement in personam
personal judgment
personal judgement | a judgment rendered against an individual (or corporation) for the payment of money damages |
personal computer
PC
microcomputer | a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time |
personal digital assistant
PDA
personal organizer
personal organiser
organizer
organiser | a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks, can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc. |
| ribbon development | building complex in a continuous row along a road |
identity
personal identity
individuality | the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity, you can lose your identity when you join the army |
charisma
personal appeal
personal magnetism | a personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others |
| personal equation | variability attributable to individual differences |
| manner personal manner | a way of acting or behaving |
personal business
personal matters
affairs | matters of personal concern, get his affairs in order |
episodic memory
personal memory | memory for episodes in your own life |
| personal | a short newspaper article about a particular person or group |
| personal pronoun | a pronoun expressing a distinction of person |
| personal letter | a letter dealing with personal affairs |
personal identification number
PIN
PIN number | a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts |
| development | (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated |
| development | a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation, recent developments in Iraq, what a revolting development! |
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Housing and Urban Development
HUD | the United States federal department that administers federal programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal, created in |
| Social Development Commission | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with social development |
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
World Bank
IBRD | a United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments |
International Development Association
IDA | an agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank |
Advanced Research and Development Activity
ARDA | an agency of the Intelligence Community that conducts advanced research and development related to information technology |
| development | a district that has been developed to serve some purpose, such land is practical for small park developments |
| housing development | a residential area of similar dwellings built by property developers and usually under a single management, they live in the new housing development |
| personal representative | a person who manages the affairs of another |
| Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the first Secretary of Housing and Urban Development was Robert C. Weaver who was appointed by Johnson |
personal property
personal estate
personalty
private property | movable property (as distinguished from real estate) |
chattel
personal chattel
movable | personal as opposed to real property, any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc) |
effects
personal effects | property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business, she left some of her personal effects in the house, I watched over their effects until they returned |
| personal income | the income received by a single individual |
| personal expense | the cost of personal or family living, some personal expenses are tax deductible |
credit line
line of credit
bank line
line
personal credit line
personal line of credit | the maximum credit that a customer is allowed |
personal check
personal cheque | a check drawn against funds deposited in your personal checking account |
personal loan
consumer loan | a loan that establishes consumer credit that is granted for personal use, usually unsecured and based on the borrower's integrity and ability to pay |
development
developing | processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible, the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours |
| development evolution | a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage), the development of his ideas took many years, the evolution of Greek civilization, the slow development of her skill as a writer |
growth
growing
maturation
development ontogeny
ontogenesis | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically, a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level, he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children |
| psychomotor development | progressive acquisition of skills involving both mental and motor activities |
| psychosexual development | (psychoanalysis) the process during which personality and sexual behavior mature through a series of stages: first oral stage and then anal stage and then phallic stage and then latency stage and finally genital stage |
personal relation
personal relationship | a relation between persons |
| development | a state in which things are improving, the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess), after he saw the latest development he changed his mind and became a supporter, in chess your should take care of your development before moving your queen |
arrested development
fixation
infantile fixation
regression | an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely |
| personal | particular to a given individual |