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  • 1friendly — UK US /ˈfrendli/ adjective ► WORKPLACE, FINANCE relating to situations in which the owners or directors of a company are willing to sell it to another company that wants to buy it: a friendly merger/offer/takeover »The board is seeking a higher… …

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  • 2Friendly’s — Friendly Ice Cream Corporation Rechtsform Corporation Gründung 1935 Sitz …

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  • 3Friendly — means behaving in a kind way to someone, as a friend would behave. The opposite is unfriendly.It is also the name of:*Several places in the United States of America: **Friendly, Maryland **Friendly, West Virginia*A place near Halifax, Yorkshire,… …

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  • 4-friendly — [frend′lē] combining form 1. easily used or understood by [learner friendly] 2. a) helpful to or safe for [child friendly] b) …

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  • 5Friendly — Friendly, MD U.S. Census Designated Place in Maryland Population (2000): 10938 Housing Units (2000): 3636 Land area (2000): 6.792703 sq. miles (17.593019 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 6.792703… …

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  • 6-friendly — [frend′lē] combining form 1. easily used or understood by [learner friendly] 2. a) helpful to or safe for [child friendly] b) not harmful to [environment friendly]: Sometimes with an adverb or a combining form [ environmentally friendly, eco… …

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  • 7friendly — [frend′lē] adj. friendlier, friendliest [ME frendli < OE freondlice] 1. like, characteristic of, or suitable for a friend, friends, or friendship; kindly 2. not hostile; amicable 3. supporting; helping; favorable [a friendly wind] 4. showing… …

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  • 8Friendly — Friend ly, a. [AS. fre[ e]ndl[imac]ce.] 1. Having the temper and disposition of a friend; disposed to promote the good of another; kind; favorable. [1913 Webster] 2. Appropriate to, or implying, friendship; befitting friends; amicable. [1913… …

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  • 9Friendly — Friend ly, n. 1. A friendly person; usually applied to natives friendly to foreign settlers or invaders. These were speedily routed by the friendlies, who attacked the small force before them in fine style. E. N. Bennett. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2 …

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  • 10friendly — friend·ly adj: agreeable to those affected: not hostile a friendly takeover Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. friendly …

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