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  • 41Petty averages — Petty Pet ty, a. [Compar. {Pettier}; superl. {Pettiest}.] [OE. petit, F. petit; probably of Celtic origin, and akin to E. piece. Cf. {Petit}.] Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince.… …

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  • 42Petty cash — Petty Pet ty, a. [Compar. {Pettier}; superl. {Pettiest}.] [OE. petit, F. petit; probably of Celtic origin, and akin to E. piece. Cf. {Petit}.] Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince.… …

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  • 43Petty officer — Petty Pet ty, a. [Compar. {Pettier}; superl. {Pettiest}.] [OE. petit, F. petit; probably of Celtic origin, and akin to E. piece. Cf. {Petit}.] Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince.… …

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  • 44Petty Booka — is a Japanese musical group that consists of two women, Petty and Booka, who sing and play ukulele. Most of the band s early output consisted of cover versions of Hawaiian ukulele classics. The two also do many covers of well known rock songs.… …

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  • 45Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove — Administration Pays  Canada Provin …

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  • 46Petty Officer 1st Class — or PO1 is a Naval non commissioned member rank of the Canadian Forces. It is senior to the rank of Petty Officer 2nd Class and its equivalents, and junior to Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class and its equivalents. Its Army and Air Force equivalent is… …

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  • 47Petty Officer 2nd Class — or PO2 is a Naval non commissioned member rank of the Canadian Forces. It is senior to the rank of Master Seaman and its equivalents, and junior to Petty Officer 1st Class and its equivalents. Its Army and Air Force equivalent is Sergeant (Sgt);… …

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  • 48petty larceny — n: petit larceny at larceny Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. p …

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  • 49Petty treason — or petit treason was, in English common law, any betrayal of a superior by a subordinate. It differed from the better known high treason in that high treason can only be committed against the Sovereign, and the legal defence of benefit of clergy… …

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  • 50Petty authority — [also: petty tyranny Petty tyranny in organizations , Ashforth, Blake, Human Relations, Vol. 47, No. 7, 755 778 (1994)] or, colloquially petty power ] is authority exercised by a leader, frequently unchosen by the led, in a relatively limited or… …

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