ESTABLISHMENT
\ɪstˈablɪʃmənt], \ɪstˈablɪʃmənt], \ɪ_s_t_ˈa_b_l_ɪ_ʃ_m_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of ESTABLISHMENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.
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The state of being established, founded, and the like; fixed state.
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That which is established; as: (a) A form of government, civil or ecclesiastical; especially, a system of religion maintained by the civil power; as, the Episcopal establishment of England. (b) A permanent civil, military, or commercial, force or organization. (c) The place in which one is permanently fixed for residence or business; residence, including grounds, furniture, equipage, etc.; with which one is fitted out; also, any office or place of business, with its fixtures; that which serves for the carrying on of a business; as, to keep up a large establishment; a manufacturing establishment.
By Oddity Software
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The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.
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The state of being established, founded, and the like; fixed state.
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That which is established; as: (a) A form of government, civil or ecclesiastical; especially, a system of religion maintained by the civil power; as, the Episcopal establishment of England. (b) A permanent civil, military, or commercial, force or organization. (c) The place in which one is permanently fixed for residence or business; residence, including grounds, furniture, equipage, etc.; with which one is fitted out; also, any office or place of business, with its fixtures; that which serves for the carrying on of a business; as, to keep up a large establishment; a manufacturing establishment.
By Noah Webster.
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The act of placing on a sure basis; settlement; a place of residence or business; a business or household.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The act of establishing; that which is established; a residence or place of business; an organization.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The act of establishing; settlement; confirmation; settled regulation, system, or constitution; fixed or stated allowance; that which is established; permanent civil or military force; a place of residence or of business; household equipment; an institution; the Church established and supported by the State.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A household; a place of trade; that which is fixed or set up permanently; a form of religion supported by, and in connection with, the State; establishment of the port, a term employed to denote the interval between the time of high water at any given port, and the time of the moon's transit immediately preceding the time of high water, when the moon is at the new or full moon.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. Act of establishing;—state of being established; — settlement; fixed; state;—confirmation; ratification;— form of government; ordinance; regulation;— military force or garrison;— commercial agency; place of business; depot; —stated income ; fixed allowance; style of living;—in England, the Episcopalian form of religion;—in Scotland, the Presbyterian church sanctioned by the state.
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Settlement, fixed state; settled regulation, form, model; allowance, income, salary.
By Thomas Sheridan
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