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1. compromise, v. View full entry 1598
...trans. Of arbiters: To adjust or settle (differences, conflicting claims, etc.) between parties. Also fig.Obs....
2. ˈcounter-ˌbill, n. View full entry 1598
...The counterpart or duplicate of a bill (obs.)....
3. crusher, n. View full entry 1598
...One who or that which crushes....
4. designer, n. View full entry 1598
...A person who makes artistic designs; one who produces drawings and plans for the construction or creation of something according to aesthetic or functional criteria; (more generally) one who creates plans or...
5. improvidence, n. View full entry 1598
...The fact or quality of being improvident; want of providence or foresight; thriftlessness....
6. management, n. View full entry 1598
...Organization, supervision, or direction; the application of skill or care in the manipulation, use, treatment, or control (of a thing or person), or in the conduct of something....
7. metallist, n. View full entry 1611
...= metallurgistObs....
8. moneylender, n. View full entry 1598
...A person whose business is lending money at interest....
9. negotiate, v. View full entry 1598
...intr....
10. overweight, v. View full entry 1613
...trans. To give or attach too much weight to; to exaggerate the importance of....
11. pension, v. View full entry 1598
...trans. To grant a pension to, bestow a pension upon; to retain or bribe with a pension. Also fig. and in extended use....
12. purchasable, adj. and n. View full entry 1611
...That may be purchased (in various senses of the verb); esp. that may be bought for money. In extended use (of a person): that may be bribed....
13. reassurance, n. View full entry 1611
...A statement, comment, or other verbal communication that removes or allays a person's doubts or fears, originally such a statement, etc., that is being renewed or repeated....
14. repurchase, n. View full entry 1598
...The action of buying back; an instance of this....
15. truck, n.2 View full entry 1611
...A small solid wooden wheel or roller; spec.Naut. one of those on which the carriages of ships' guns were formerly mounted....
16. underwriting, n.1 View full entry 1598
...The action of writing beneath, esp. of appending one's name to a document; also, that which is so written....
17. unˈfreeze, v. View full entry 1598
...trans. To cause to thaw....
18. unˈpawn, v. View full entry 1598
...(un-3.)...
19. varnisher, n. View full entry 1598
...One who varnishes; spec. one who makes a business or trade of varnishing....
