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  • 21waste — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Gradual loss or decay Nouns 1. waste, wastage; dissipation; dispersion; ebb; leakage, loss; wear and tear; extravagance, wastefulness, prodigality, conspicuous consumption; waste of time; jeunesse dorée; …

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  • 22prodigal — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. lavish, extravagant, squandering; see wasteful . See Synonym Study at profuse . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [PROD uh gul] extremely wasteful or extravagant. Joe s prodigal grandson spent his… …

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  • 23Prodigality — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Prodigality >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 prodigality prodigality prodigence| Sgm: N 1 unthriftiness unthriftiness waste Sgm: N 1 profusion profusion profuseness Sgm: N 1 extravagance extravagance Sgm: N …

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  • 24οἰκοφθορίαι — οἰκοφθορία a squandering one s substance fem nom/voc pl οἰκοφθορίᾱͅ , οἰκοφθορία a squandering one s substance fem dat sg (attic doric aeolic) …

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  • 25οἰκοφθορίας — οἰκοφθορίᾱς , οἰκοφθορία a squandering one s substance fem acc pl οἰκοφθορίᾱς , οἰκοφθορία a squandering one s substance fem gen sg (attic doric aeolic) …

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  • 26squandermania — noun prodigious squandering (usually by a government) • Topics: ↑government, ↑governing, ↑governance, ↑government activity, ↑administration • Hypernyms: ↑squandering …

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  • 27squan´der|ing|ly — squan|der «SKWON duhr», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to spend or use foolishly; waste: »He squandered his fortune in gambling. Do not squander time (Benjamin Franklin). SYNONYM(S): dissipate. 2. to cause to scatter; disperse. –v.i. to be squandered:… …

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  • 28squan´der|er — squan|der «SKWON duhr», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to spend or use foolishly; waste: »He squandered his fortune in gambling. Do not squander time (Benjamin Franklin). SYNONYM(S): dissipate. 2. to cause to scatter; disperse. –v.i. to be squandered:… …

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  • 29squan|der — «SKWON duhr», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to spend or use foolishly; waste: »He squandered his fortune in gambling. Do not squander time (Benjamin Franklin). SYNONYM(S): dissipate. 2. to cause to scatter; disperse. –v.i. to be squandered: »Youth was …

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  • 30LOAN — (Heb. הַלְוָאָה, halva ah), a transaction in which a thing, usually money, is given by one person, called the malveh ( lender ), to another, called the loveh ( borrower ), for the latter s use and enjoyment, and in order that such thing or its… …

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