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The first & last letter + meaning
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hedge
= A fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
= Any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk;
for example,
taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
= An intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement
= A fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
= Any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk;
for example,
taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
= An intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement
inherit
1. a. To receive (property or a title, for example) from an ancestor by legal succession or will.
1. b. To receive by bequest or as a legacy.
2. To receive or take over from a predecessor: The new administration inherited the economic problems of the last four years.
3. Biology To receive (a characteristic) from one's parents by genetic transmission.
4. To gain (something) as one's right or portion.
1. a. To receive (property or a title, for example) from an ancestor by legal succession or will.
1. b. To receive by bequest or as a legacy.
2. To receive or take over from a predecessor: The new administration inherited the economic problems of the last four years.
3. Biology To receive (a characteristic) from one's parents by genetic transmission.
4. To gain (something) as one's right or portion.
diet
1. The usual food and drink of a person or animal.
2. A regulated selection of foods, as for medical reasons or cosmetic weight loss.
3. Something used, enjoyed, or provided regularly: subsisted on a diet of detective novels during his vacation.
4. Of or relating to a food regimen designed to promote weight loss in a person or an animal: the diet industry.
5. a. Having fewer calories.
b. Sweetened with a noncaloric sugar substitute.
6. Designed to reduce or suppress the appetite: diet pills; diet drugs.
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7. A national or local legislative assembly in certain countries, such as Japan.
8. A formal general assembly of the princes or estates of the Holy Roman Empire.
9. (Law) Scots law:
a. the date fixed by a court for hearing a case
b. a single session of a court
1. The usual food and drink of a person or animal.
2. A regulated selection of foods, as for medical reasons or cosmetic weight loss.
3. Something used, enjoyed, or provided regularly: subsisted on a diet of detective novels during his vacation.
4. Of or relating to a food regimen designed to promote weight loss in a person or an animal: the diet industry.
5. a. Having fewer calories.
b. Sweetened with a noncaloric sugar substitute.
6. Designed to reduce or suppress the appetite: diet pills; diet drugs.
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7. A national or local legislative assembly in certain countries, such as Japan.
8. A formal general assembly of the princes or estates of the Holy Roman Empire.
9. (Law) Scots law:
a. the date fixed by a court for hearing a case
b. a single session of a court
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apple
1
a. A deciduous Eurasian tree (Malus pumila) having alternate simple leaves and white or pink flowers.
b. The firm, edible, usually rounded fruit of this tree.
2
a. Any of several other plants, especially those with fruits suggestive of the apple, such as the crab apple or custard apple.
b. The fruit of any of these plants.
Idiom:
apple of (one's) eye
One that is treasured: Her grandson is the apple of her eye.
1
a. A deciduous Eurasian tree (Malus pumila) having alternate simple leaves and white or pink flowers.
b. The firm, edible, usually rounded fruit of this tree.
2
a. Any of several other plants, especially those with fruits suggestive of the apple, such as the crab apple or custard apple.
b. The fruit of any of these plants.
Idiom:
apple of (one's) eye
One that is treasured: Her grandson is the apple of her eye.