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1. accountability, n. View full entry 1750
...The quality of being accountable; liability to account for and answer for one's conduct, performance of duties, etc. (in modern use often with regard to parliamentary, corporate, or financial liability to the...
2. accrual, n. View full entry 1768
...The action or process of accrue; (Law) = accretion5(b) (now rare); (also) an instance of this. Cf. accruement...
3. acid test, n. View full entry 1759
...A chemical test involving reaction with an acid (occas., a test for an acid); spec. a test for gold or other precious metal using nitric acid....
4. † actionary, n. View full entry 1728
...A shareholder. Cf. action9....
5. actionist, n. View full entry 1720
...A shareholder. Cf. action9. Obs....
6. adaptive, adj. View full entry 1734
...Fitting, apposite; well-suited to something or someone. Obs....
7. ad crumenam, adv. (and adj.) View full entry 1760
...With respect to or by means of monetary considerations; with (excessive) attention to financial interest. Also as : relating to money, financial. Cf. crumenically...
8. adjusting, adj. View full entry 1736
...That adjusts or may be adjusted; used for adjustment....
9. affordably, adv. View full entry 1775
...So as to be affordable; cheaply, inexpensively....
10. agiotage, n. View full entry 1726
...The business of money-changing; (also) speculation in stocks, stockjobbing....
11. alarmist, n. and adj. View full entry 1792
...A person who is sensitive to potential dangers, esp. in political, social, or financial matters, and quick to express fears or concerns publicly; esp. one who exaggerates such a danger...
12. algorithmic, adj. View full entry 1799
...Originally: †involving the use of arithmetical rules, arithmetical (obs.). In later use: expressed as or using an algorithm or computational procedure. Cf. algorismic...
13. amildar, n. View full entry 1799
...In South Asia: a non-European factor, esp. a collector of revenue....
14. amount, n. View full entry 1710
...The sum total to which anything mounts up or reaches:...
15. annuitant, n. View full entry 1720
...One who holds, or is in receipt of, an annuity....
16. antembletic, adj. View full entry 1780
...Making provision against or reparation for loss; as an insurance office....
17. anti-inflammatory, adj. and n. View full entry 1736
...Med. That reduces inflammation; of or relating to the reduction of inflammation....
18. arcade, n. View full entry 1731
...A vaulted place, open at one or both sides; an arched opening or recess in a wall. Obs....
19. † aˈrrearance, n. View full entry 1731
...An arrear....
20. arrent, v. View full entry a1754
...To let out or farm at a rent; spec. to allow the enclosure of forest lands ‘with a low hedge, and small ditch’ under a yearly rent....
