That which is bestowed formally and permanently; the sum secured to a person; especially, a jointure made to a woman at her marriage; also, in the United States, a sum of money or other property formerly granted to a pastor in additional to his salary. Settlement A disposition of property...
First of all, there is no difference between “Britain” and “Great Britain” — the former is just a shorter way of referring to the latter. In many ways, Great Britain is specifically a geographical term, because it refers to the whole island that comprises England, Scotland and Wales. ...
A Teacher's primary role is to educate and impart knowledge to students. 12 Is "Madam" the female equivalent of "Sir"? Yes, "Madam" is often used as a counterpart to "Sir" when addressing women formally. 12 Do all countries use the term Teacher similarly? Generally, the term "Teacher...
What we need to do here is to establish that there are two different ways to use the wordblend—an informal way and a formal, or legal, way. Informally, a blend is a mixture—in this case, a mixture of two or more whiskies that are bottled and sold as one whisky. Formally, however...
In closing, we wish to say that now that it's all down on the page, we no longer feel embarrassment at the idea that one native to the United States would experience confusion about how to refer to the lands that birthed our beloved shared language. We do nonetheless assert...
Formally defined,raceis anarbitraryclassification of modern humans, sometimes, especially formerly, based on any or a combination of various physical characteristics, as skin color, facial form, or eye shape. But the wordracealso carries much more weight, representing not just one’s features, but...
things and such from the Philippines (the other adjective beingPhilippine). The country itself is called thePhilippines(currently the Republic of the Philippines; formerly, and actually still, the Philippine Islands) in English,Las Islas Filipinasor simplyLa/Las Filipinasin Spanish, andPilipinasin Fil...
Kingdoms change hands between ruling families; the British Royal Family count ancestors from several formerly-competing houses, meaning that along the way several people crowned king or queen were so crowned after defeating relatives or even entirely different families (in fact perhaps the most famous...
The private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) share many commonalities in their business model, such as the raising of external capital from investors, formally termed limited partners (LPs). On behalf of the limited partners (LPs) of the fund—the investors that committed capital to the ...
Although formally, the distinction was betweeningenuiandlibertini, in practice there was some residual taint. Lily Ross Taylor looks at the changes in the late years of the Republic and the early years of the Empire regarding the ability of theingenuichildren oflibertinito enter the Senate. She...