instrumentalities

  • 121Firm —   An association, company, corporation, estate, individual, joint venture, partnership, sole proprietorship, or any other entity, however organized, including: (a) charitable or educational institutions; (b) the Federal Government, including… …

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  • 122instrumental — adjective 1》 serving as a means of pursuing an aim. 2》 (of music) performed on instruments, with no vocals. 3》 relating to an implement or measuring device. 4》 Grammar denoting or relating to a case of nouns and pronouns indicating a means or… …

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  • 123appliances — n. pl. 1. Means, expedients, instrumentalities, resources, steps, measures, ways and means. 2. Appointments, appurtenances, attachments, adjuncts, tools, instruments, appendages, equipments …

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  • 124executive — /əgˈzɛkjətɪv / (say uhg zekyuhtiv), /ɛg / (say eg ) adjective 1. suited for execution or carrying into effect; of the kind requisite for practical performance or direction: executive ability. 2. charged with or relating to execution of laws, or… …

  • 125Hawke — I. /hɔk/ (say hawk) noun 1. Albert Redvers George, 1900–86, Australian state Labor politician; premier of WA 1953–59. 2. Bob (Robert James Lee Hawke), born 1929, Australian industrial advocate and federal Labor politician; president of the ACTU… …

  • 126instrumentality — /ˌɪnstrəmɛnˈtæləti/ (say .instruhmen taluhtee) noun (plural instrumentalities) 1. the quality of being instrumental. 2. the fact or function of serving some purpose. 3. a means or agency …

  • 127commerce — The exchange of goods, productions, or property of any kind; the buying, selling, and exchanging of articles. Anderson v. Humble Oil and Refining Co., 226 Ga. 252, 174 S.E.2d 415, 417. The transportation of persons and property by land, water and …

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  • 128foreign immunity — The immunity of a foreign sovereign, its agencies or instrumentalities, from suit in United States courts. Federal court jurisdiction is limited to claims falling within one of the enumerated exceptions to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of… …

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