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  • 51Wage — Wage, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waging}.] [OE. wagen, OF. wagier, gagier, to pledge, promise, F. gager to wager, lay, bet, fr. LL. wadium a pledge; of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. wadi a pledge, gawadj[=o]n to pledge, akin to E …

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  • 52Waged — Wage Wage, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waging}.] [OE. wagen, OF. wagier, gagier, to pledge, promise, F. gager to wager, lay, bet, fr. LL. wadium a pledge; of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. wadi a pledge, gawadj[=o]n to pledge, akin… …

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  • 53Waging — Wage Wage, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waging}.] [OE. wagen, OF. wagier, gagier, to pledge, promise, F. gager to wager, lay, bet, fr. LL. wadium a pledge; of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. wadi a pledge, gawadj[=o]n to pledge, akin… …

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  • 54dead horse — noun Date: 1830 an exhausted or profitless topic or issue usually used in the phrases beat a dead horse and flog a dead horse …

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  • 55mug's game — noun Date: 1910 a profitless or futile activity …

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  • 56profit — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin profectus advance, profit, from proficere Date: 14th century 1. a valuable return ; gain 2. the excess of returns over expenditure in a transaction or… …

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  • 57Privatization — Part of a series on Capitalism Concepts …

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  • 58W. G. Grace — W.G. Grace W.G. Grace Personal information Full name William Gilbert Grace Born …

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  • 59Dutch East India Company — This article is about the trading company. For the record label, see Dutch East India Trading. Dutch East India Company Former type Public company Industry Trade …

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  • 60Herbert Dingle — (2 August 1890 ndash;4 September, 1978), an English physicist and natural philosopher, who served as president of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1951 to 1953, is best known for his opposition to Albert Einstein s special theory of relativity …

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