controlment
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Controlment — Con*trol ment, n. 1. The power or act of controlling; the state of being restrained; control; restraint; regulation; superintendence. [1913 Webster] You may do it without controlment. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Opposition; resistance; hostility.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
controlment — noun Control. That for her love such quarrels may be broachdWithout controlment, justice, or revenge? … Wiktionary
controlment — noun see control I … New Collegiate Dictionary
controlment — n. act of controlling; condition of being restrained; control; restraint; regulation; supervision … English contemporary dictionary
controlment — con·trol·ment … English syllables
controlment — /kantrolmant/ In old English law, the controlling or checking of another officer s account; the keeping of a counter roll … Black's law dictionary
controlment — /kantrolmant/ In old English law, the controlling or checking of another officer s account; the keeping of a counter roll … Black's law dictionary
controlment — The auditing or checking of an account. control of bidding. See chilling bids … Ballentine's law dictionary
controlment — kənˈtrōlmənt noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English, from controllen to control + ment archaic : the act of controlling : check … Useful english dictionary
control — I. verb (controlled; controlling) Etymology: Middle English countrollen, from Anglo French contrerouler, from contreroule copy of an account, audit, from Medieval Latin contrarotulus, from Latin contra + Medieval Latin rotulus roll more at roll… … New Collegiate Dictionary
