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commons

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/ ˈɒəԳ /

noun

  1. functioning as plural people not of noble birth viewed as forming a political order
  2. functioning as plural the lower classes as contrasted to the ruling classes of society; the commonalty
  3. functioning as singular a building or hall for dining, recreation, etc, usually attached to a college
  4. usually functioning as plural food or rations (esp in the phrase short commons )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Commons

2

/ ˈɒəԳ /

noun

  1. the Commons
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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"The cost needs to come down so it's more practical to stick on the numbers of sheep that graze the commons but it is a step in the right direction," he says.

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The chancellor will deploy the near total executive power from her party's commons majority to flatten the sort of opposition that has prevented or critically delayed these sorts of plans in the past.

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Alexander and Diana Darwall are challenging a Court of Appeal ruling, which said people can wild camp on some privately owned commons in the national park in Devon.

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The decision by Ms Atkins not to run comes days after she was told she had behaved "abominably" during a debate in the commons.

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Six years later, the Soviets, the U.S. and the United Kingdom signed a treaty declaring outer space a global commons that could be used for only peaceful purposes.

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