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  2. English compound - Wikipedia

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    English compound modifiers are constructed in a very similar way to the compound noun. Blackboard Jungle, leftover ingredients, gunmetal sheen, and green monkey disease are only a few examples. A compound modifier is a sequence of modifiers of a noun that function as a single unit.

  3. Compound (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    For example, the English compound white-collar is neither a kind of collar nor a white thing. In an exocentric compound, the word class is determined lexically, disregarding the class of the constituents. For example, a must-have is not a verb but a noun. The meaning of this type of compound can be glossed as "(one) whose B is A", where B is ...

  4. Compounding - Wikipedia

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    Due to the rising cost of compounding and drug shortages, some hospitals outsource their compounding needs to large-scale compounding pharmacies, particularly of sterile-injectable medications. Compounding preparations of a given formulation in advance batches, as opposed to preparation for a specific patient on demand, is known as "non ...

  5. What is compound interest? How compounding works to ... - AOL

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    Since this example has monthly compounding, the number of compounding periods would be 12. And the time to calculate the amount for one year is 1. A 🟰 $10,000(1 0.05/12)^12 ️1.

  6. Compound modifier - Wikipedia

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    Words that function as compound adjectives may modify a noun or a noun phrase.Take the English examples heavy metal detector and heavy-metal detector.The former example contains only the bare adjective heavy to describe a device that is properly written as metal detector; the latter example contains the phrase heavy-metal, which is a compound noun that is ordinarily rendered as heavy metal ...

  7. Compound verb - Wikipedia

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    N+V compounds: A compound with Noun+verb, converting the noun into a verbal structure; the arguments and the semantics are determined by the N and the tense markers / inflections are carried by the V, especially with LVs such as "do," "take," "give," etc. Examples in English include stretched verb examples like take a walk or commit suicide ...

  8. Word formation - Wikipedia

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    Compounding is the processing of combining two bases, where each base may be a fully-fledged word. For example: desktop is formed by combining desk and top; railway is formed by combining rail and way; firefighter is formed by combining fire and fighter [5] Compounding is a topic relevant to syntax, semantics, and morphology. [2]

  9. How do certificates of deposit work? Understanding CDs ... - AOL

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    Most CDs compound interest daily or monthly. For short-term CDs of under 12 months, the APY is often very close to the stated interest rate because the effect of compounding is negligible over ...