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restriction
A restricting or being restricted
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  1. A restricting or being restricted
  2. The action of restricting or the state of being restricted:
  3. Something that restricts; a regulation or limitation:
limit
The point, edge, or line beyond which something ends, may not go, or is not allowed:
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  1. The point, edge, or line beyond which something ends, may not go, or is not allowed:
  2. The greatest or least amount, number, or extent allowed or possible:
  3. Legal limit
limitation
(Law) A period of time, fixed by statute, during which legal action can be brought, as for settling a claim
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  1. (Law) A period of time, fixed by statute, during which legal action can be brought, as for settling a claim
  2. A limiting or being limited
  3. The act of placing a limit or restriction.
assignment
The act of assigning:
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  1. The act of assigning:
  2. Something, such as a task, that is assigned:
  3. The transfer of a duty, interest, or right from one party to another. See also subrogation. The transfer of a duty, interest, or right from one party to another. See also subrogation.
task
A difficult or tedious undertaking:
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  1. A difficult or tedious undertaking:
  2. A function to be performed; an objective:
  3. Any piece of work
job
A regular activity performed in exchange for payment, especially as one's trade, occupation, or profession:
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  1. A regular activity performed in exchange for payment, especially as one's trade, occupation, or profession:
  2. An operation done to improve one's appearance, or the result of such an operation. Often used in combination:
  3. A position of employment; situation; work
work
Something one is making, doing, or acting upon, esp. as part of one's occupation or duty; task; undertaking
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  1. Something one is making, doing, or acting upon, esp. as part of one's occupation or duty; task; undertaking
  2. A place where work is done, as a factory, public utility plant, etc.
  3. A trade, profession, or other means of livelihood:
consignment
A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent
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  1. A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent
  2. Something consigned; esp., a shipment of goods sent to a dealer for sale or safekeeping
  3. The bailment of goods by their owner (the consignor) to another person (the consignee) to have the consignee sell the goods on behalf of the consignor in exchange for a portion of the proceeds or to deliver them to a designated recipient. See also consignee. The bailment of goods by their owner (the consignor) to another person (the consignee) to have the consignee sell the goods on behalf of the consignor in exchange for a portion of the proceeds or to deliver them to a designated recipient. See also consignee.
restrain
To prevent (a person or group) from doing something or acting in a certain way:
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  1. To prevent (a person or group) from doing something or acting in a certain way:
  2. To hold back or keep in check; control:
  3. To limit; restrict
confine
To keep within bounds; restrict:
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  1. To keep within bounds; restrict:
  2. To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; followed by on or with.
  3. To restrict in movement:
limit
To confine or restrict with a limit:
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  1. To confine or restrict with a limit:
  2. A number or point for which, from a given set of numbers or points, one can choose an arbitrarily close number or point. For example, for the set of all real numbers greater than zero and less than one, the numbers one and zero are limit points, since one can pick a number from the set arbitrarily close to one or zero (even though one and zero are not themselves in the set). Limits form the basis for calculus , where a number L is defined to be the limit approached by a function f(x) as x approaches a if, for every positive number Ɛ, there exists a number ẟ such that | f(x)−L | < Ɛ if 0 < | x−a | < ẟ.
  3. To confine within bounds; set a limit to; restrict; curb
pinch
(Slang) To take (money or property) wrongfully.
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  1. (Slang) To take (money or property) wrongfully.
  2. To cause pain or discomfort to (a part of the body) by pressing or being too tight:
  3. To move (something) with a pinch bar.
scrape
To abrade or smooth by rubbing with a sharp or rough instrument.
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  1. To abrade or smooth by rubbing with a sharp or rough instrument.
  2. To rub or move with a harsh grating noise.
  3. To manage to get by; survive
scrimp
To be very frugal and sparing.
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  1. To be very frugal and sparing.
  2. To treat stingily; stint
  3. To be sparing and frugal; try to make ends meet; economize
skimp
To keep expenses very low
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  1. To keep expenses very low
  2. To be stingy in or toward; specif., to make too small, too short, etc.
  3. To give or allow too little; be stingy
assignment
A position to which someone is assigned
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  1. A position to which someone is assigned
  2. The act of assigning:
  3. The transfer of a duty, interest, or right from one party to another. See also subrogation. The transfer of a duty, interest, or right from one party to another. See also subrogation.
chore
A small routine task, as of a housekeeper or farmer
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  1. A small routine task, as of a housekeeper or farmer
  2. A hard or unpleasant task
  3. An unpleasant or burdensome task:
duty
Required action or service:
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  1. Required action or service:
  2. An act or a course of action that is required of one by position, social custom, law, or religion:
  3. Any action, task, etc. required by or relating to one's occupation or position
job
(Informal) A state of affairs:
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  1. (Informal) A state of affairs:
  2. The object to be worked on:
  3. A specific piece of work to be done for a set fee:
office
The administrative personnel, executives, or staff working in such a place:
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  1. The administrative personnel, executives, or staff working in such a place:
  2. Public position:
  3. A duty or function assigned to or assumed by someone:
task
A difficult or tedious undertaking:
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  1. A difficult or tedious undertaking:
  2. A function to be performed; an objective:
  3. A piece of work assigned to or demanded of a person
bout
A contest between antagonists; a match:
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  1. A contest between antagonists; a match:
  2. A period of time taken up by some specified activity, condition, etc.; spell
go
(Cribbage) A call made by a player who cannot play a card because any card in his hand will carry the count above 31
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  1. (Cribbage) A call made by a player who cannot play a card because any card in his hand will carry the count above 31
  2. (--- Informal) A situation in which planned operations can be effectuated:
  3. The time or period of an activity.
hitch
A fastening or catch; thing or part used to connect or join together
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  1. A fastening or catch; thing or part used to connect or join together
  2. A device used to connect one thing to another:
  3. (Slang) A period of time served, as of military service, imprisonment, etc.
inning
An opportunity to act or speak out; a chance for accomplishment.
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  1. An opportunity to act or speak out; a chance for accomplishment.
  2. (Informal) The period of or opportunity for action, expression, exercise of authority, etc.
  3. (--- Sports) The division or period of a cricket game during which one team is at bat.
shift
(Music) A change in the position of the hand, as on the fingerboard of a violin
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  1. (Music) A change in the position of the hand, as on the fingerboard of a violin
  2. The regular work period of such a group
  3. The act of shifting from one person, place, position, etc. to another; change; transfer; substitution
spell
A turn, period, or fit of something
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  1. A turn, period, or fit of something
  2. A period or turn of work, duty, etc.
  3. (Informal) A period of time that is indefinite, short, or of a specified character
stretch
(Baseball) The act of bringing the hands together, as before the chest, and then lowering them and pausing before pitching the ball or attempting to pick off a base runner
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  1. (Baseball) The act of bringing the hands together, as before the chest, and then lowering them and pausing before pitching the ball or attempting to pick off a base runner
  2. (--- Informal) The last stage of an event, period, or process.
  3. A continuous period of time.
time
Indefinite, unlimited duration in which things are considered as happening in the past, present, or future; every moment there has ever been or ever will be
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  1. Indefinite, unlimited duration in which things are considered as happening in the past, present, or future; every moment there has ever been or ever will be
  2. A precise instant, second, minute, hour, day, week, month, or year, determined by clock or calendar; specif., the present instant, determined by clock
  3. (Music) The meter of a musical pattern:
tour
A brief trip to or through a place for the purpose of seeing it:
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  1. A brief trip to or through a place for the purpose of seeing it:
  2. A long trip, as for sightseeing
  3. A turn or shift of work; esp., a period of duty or military service at a single place
trick
A special skill; a knack:
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  1. A special skill; a knack:
  2. A period or turn of duty, as at the helm of a ship.
  3. A turn or round of duty or work; shift
turn
A change or deviation, as in a trend:
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  1. A change or deviation, as in a trend:
  2. One of a series of such opportunities accorded people in succession or in scheduled order:
  3. A point marking the end of one period of time and the beginning of the next:
watch
A person or group on duty, esp. at night, to protect or guard; lookout or guard
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  1. A person or group on duty, esp. at night, to protect or guard; lookout or guard
  2. A period of close observation, often in order to discover something:
  3. (Obs.) A candle marked off into sections, used for keeping time
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  • minutilla, the American stint, is darker, with olive feet, and ranges from the Arctic New World to Brazil.

  • Fred O'Connor, back from his second stint at the library and historical museum, was now poring over the newspaper and circling the Saturday garage sales in the classified ads.

  • To attain this end he lavished his gold - or rather the gold provided by the clergy in his obedience - without stint, and conceived a succession of the most adventurous projects, of which one at least was to leave a lasting mark on history.

  • The latter, often also called Ox-bird, Plover's Page, Purre and Stint, - names which it shares with some other species, - not only breeds commonly on many of the elevated moors of Britain, but in autumn resorts in countless flocks to the shores.

  • After hoeing, or perhaps reading and writing, in the forenoon, I usually bathed again in the pond, swimming across one of its coves for a stint, and washed the dust of labor from my person, or smoothed out the last wrinkle which study had made, and for the afternoon was absolutely free.

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