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121police — /peuh lees /, n., v., policed, policing. n. 1. Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws. 2. (used with a pl. v.) members of such a force: Several police are… …
122revenue bond — a bond issued, as by a municipal utility, to finance a specific project, the income from which will be used for repaying the bond. Cf. general obligation bond. [1855 60] * * * or limited obligation bond Bond issued by a municipality, state, or… …
123Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …
124slot machine — 1. a gambling machine operated by inserting coins into a slot and pulling a handle that activates a set of spinning symbols on wheels, the final alignment of which determines the payoff that is released into a receptacle at the bottom. 2. any… …
125Abbas, Mahmoud — also called Abu Mazen born 1935, Zefat, Palestine [now in Israel] Palestinian leader. Abbas earned a law degree from the University of Damascus and a doctorate in history from Moscow State University. In the late 1950s he was one of the founders… …
126Islāmic world — Introduction prehistory and history of the Islamic community. Adherence to Islām is a global phenomenon: Muslims predominate in some 30 to 40 countries, from the Atlantic to the Pacific and along a belt that stretches across northern… …
127circumnavigate — verb /ˌsə.kəmˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt,ˌsɝ.kəmˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/ a) To travel completely around somewhere or something, especially by sail. We circumnavigated the Mediterranean. b) To circumvent or bypass. Syn …
128Knock-down kit — For other uses of the abbreviation CKD , see CKD. A knock down kit (also styled knockdown kit, knocked down kit, or simply knockdown, and sometimes abbreviated KD) is a kit containing the parts needed to assemble a product. The parts are… …
