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  2. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    next after third (e.g. the fourth person, fourth floor) A musical interval one of four equal parts into which something is divided (UK & US sometimes also quarter, q.v.). (proper noun, used with the) short for The Fourth of July (America's Independence Day) fringe arrangement of locks of hair on the forehead (US: bangs) the outer area of something

  3. Estovers - Wikipedia

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    The Old English word for estover was bote or boot, also spelled bot or bót, (literally meaning 'good' or 'profit' and cognate with the word better). The various kinds of estovers were known as house-bote, cart or plough-bote, hedge or hay-bote, and fire-bote. Anglo-Saxon law also imposed "bot" fines in the modern sense of compensation. [2]

  4. Boot (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Boot (real estate), any property received by a taxpayer in an IRC 1031 exchange which is not like-kind to the relinquished property Boot (torture) , a torture device for crushing the human foot Boot of beer , a form of beer glassware in the shape of a boot

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    To help you get maximum satisfaction and value from your next project, GOBankingRates reached out to real estate and home improvement experts to get their take on whether some of the most common ...

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  7. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    Wellington boots, waterproof rubber boots named after the Duke of Wellington. welly (informal) effort (e.g.: "Give it some welly" to mean "put a bit of effort into an attempt to do something" US: elbow grease (also UK), oomph); also the singular of "wellies", for Wellington boots (US: gumboots, rubber boots) What ho! (interj.) Hello!

  8. What is St. Nicholas Day? How the German and Dutch holiday ...

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    Dec. 4, 2022; Columbus, Ohio, USA; Shoes are set out in the hopes of them being filled with sweets for St. Nicholas Day during the Ohio History Connection's annual Dickens of a Christmas event ...

  9. Build–operate–transfer - Wikipedia

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    Build–operate–transfer (BOT) or build–own–operate–transfer (BOOT) is a form of project delivery method, usually for large-scale infrastructure projects, wherein a private entity receives a concession from the public sector (or the private sector on rare occasions) to finance, design, construct, own, and operate a facility stated in the concession contract.