CommonParlance
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Ordinary-language usages. Seeded from the Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025, CC BY 4.0.
Context admission
Admitted. Context admission is separate from purpose assessments and factual verdicts.
Why maintain this knowledge?
No justification recorded. This does not mean the knowledge is unjustified; no applicable assessment has been adopted.
Particular uses
These assessments concern specific investigations, audiences, or applications. They do not replace the default justification or authorize other uses.
No particular uses recorded here.
Review or propose an assessment
Purpose authoring is optional. Propose a more specific default or a particular use only when there is something more specific to say. Each proposal includes its scope and reasoning in one market.
Purpose assessments are separate from factual reasoning and context admission. A missing or denied purpose does not change a factual verdict or prevent context creation.
Child contexts
- Science Proposed
Terms in this context
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bon ton in CommonParlance
- definition the fashionable elite
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bon vivant in CommonParlance
- definition a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
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bon voyage in CommonParlance
- definition an organized expression of goodwill at the start of a trip or new venture
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bona fide in CommonParlance
- definition undertaken in good faith
- definition not counterfeit or copied
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bonanza in CommonParlance
- definition an especially rich vein of precious ore
- definition a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
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bonavist in CommonParlance
- definition perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos
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bonbon in CommonParlance
- definition a candy that usually has a center of fondant or fruit or nuts coated in chocolate
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bonce in CommonParlance
- definition informal terms for a human head
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bond in CommonParlance
- definition an electrical force linking atoms
- definition a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal
- definition a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest
- definition (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
- definition a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
- definition a connection that fastens things together
- definition a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents
- definition the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
- definition stick to firmly
- definition create social or emotional ties
- definition issue bonds on
- definition bring together in a common cause or emotion
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bond certificate in CommonParlance
- definition a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal
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bond issue in CommonParlance
- definition bonds sold by a corporation or government agency at a particular time and identifiable by date of maturity
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bond paper in CommonParlance
- definition a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents
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bond rating in CommonParlance
- definition an evaluation by a rating company of the probability that a particular bond issue will default
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bond servant in CommonParlance
- definition someone bound to labor without wages
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bond trading in CommonParlance
- definition trading in bonds (usually by a broker on the floor of an exchange)
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bond-trading activity in CommonParlance
- definition trading in bonds (usually by a broker on the floor of an exchange)
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bondable in CommonParlance
- definition capable of being fastened or secured with a rope or bond
- definition capable of holding together or cohering; as particles in a mass
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bondage in CommonParlance
- definition the state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power
- definition the state of being under the control of another person
- definition sexual practice that involves physically restraining (by cords or handcuffs) one of the partners
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bonded labor in CommonParlance
- definition a practice in which employers give high-interest loans to workers whose entire families then labor at low wages to pay off the debt; the practice is illegal in the United States
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bonderise in CommonParlance
- definition coat with a substance that will prevent corrosion
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bonderize in CommonParlance
- definition coat with a substance that will prevent corrosion
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bondholder in CommonParlance
- definition a holder of bonds issued by a government or corporation
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bonding in CommonParlance
- definition a close personal relationship that forms between people (as between husband and wife or parent and child)
- definition (dentistry) a technique for repairing a tooth; resinous material is applied to the surface of the tooth where it adheres to the tooth's enamel
- definition fastening firmly together
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bondmaid in CommonParlance
- definition a female bound to serve without wages
- definition a female slave
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bondman in CommonParlance
- definition a male bound to serve without wages
- definition a male slave