PROTECTION
\pɹətˈɛkʃən], \pɹətˈɛkʃən], \p_ɹ_ə_t_ˈɛ_k_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of PROTECTION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 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
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kindly endorsement and guidance; "the tournament was held under the auspices of the city council"
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the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition; "he made trade protection a plank in the party platform"
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defense against financial failure; financial independence; "his pension gave him security in his old age"; "insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness"
By Princeton University
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kindly endorsement and guidance; "the tournament was held under the auspices of the city council"
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the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition; "he made trade protection a plank in the party platform"
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defense against financial failure; "his pension gave him security in his old age"; "insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter; as, the weak need protection.
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That which protects or preserves from injury; a defense; a shield; a refuge.
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A writing that protects or secures from molestation or arrest; a pass; a safe-conduct; a passport.
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A theory, or a policy, of protecting the producers in a country from foreign competition in the home market by the imposition of such discriminating duties on goods of foreign production as will restrict or prevent their importation; -- opposed to free trade.
By Oddity Software
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The act of keeping, or state of being kept, in safety; that which keeps safe; defense; shelter; a passport; encouragement of home industry by duties on imported goods, etc.: opposite to free trade.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Act of protecting: state of being protected: preservation: defence: guard: refuge: security: passport.
By Daniel Lyons
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The act of protecting; a protected condition; that which protects; a system of duties designed to favor home industries.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The act of protecting; the state of being protected; that which protects; defence; a writing that protects; a passport; exemption, as from arrest; the presumed encouragement to home industry specially by imposing a duty upon the imported products of foreign nations.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The act of preserving from evil or injury; shelter; refuge; a passport or other writing given by authority, which exempts or secures from molestation; advantage or favour given to any branch of industry by a government.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. Act of protecting; defence ; preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance ; -state of being protected ; - preservation ; guard; shelter ;-that which protects or preserves from injury ;-a writing that protects ; safe-conduct ; passport-exemption from arrest for debt, &c., conceded to foreign ambassadors, members of parliament, &c.; -exemption from arrest or legal process granted to witnesses in certain cases where their evidence might criminate themselves ;- in political economy, an artificial advantage conceded to articles of home produce and manufacture by prohibition of, or excessive duties levied on, articles of foreign produce or manufacture.
