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101befool — v 1. fool, dupe, hoax, humbug, Brit. Inf. gammon; bamboozle, delude, deceive, beguile, mislead; hoodwink, pull the wool over [s.o. s] eyes, cozen, bluff, take in; seduce, charm, lie to; lure, allure, entice, induce, inveigle. 2. trick, spoof,… …
102bilk — v 1. default, dishonor, refuse to pay, decline to redeem, Sl. welsh; abscond, Sl. skip town, Brit. Sl. levant, Brit. Sl. do a moonlight flit. 2. swindle, cheat, defraud, fleece, rook, gull, Archaic. chouse; stack the deck, Inf. gyp, Sl. chisel,… …
103cheat — n 1. cheater, swindler, fraud, confidence man, Sl. con man, Sl. flim flam man, crook, chiseler; fake, phony, humbug, trickster, inveigler, bam boozler, dissembler, bluff, pettifogger; sharper, sharpie, shark, bilker, diddler; adventurer, rogue,… …
104impose — v 1. lay on, set, put on, place, enjoin; levy, assess, charge, burden; encumber, superpose, saddle with; prescribe, dictate, mark out, inflict, direct, command, decree, bid, call upon; demand, require, ask, exact, tax, U.S. doom. 2. obtrude,… …
105ride — v 1.(all in reference to animals) sit on, manage, mount, bestride, perch on, sit on top of; be carried by, be borne along by, travel on. 2. motor, automobile, taxi; tour, travel, journey; float, body surf, Inf. surf, Inf. catch a wave, Inf. hang… …
106Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
107Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …
108Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …
109United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
110Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …
