|
|
Multi-word Results
| Delaney clause |
an amendment to a U.S. law that prohibits the use of food additives found to cause cancer in animals or humans. |
| dependent clause |
a clause that is syntactically not a complete sentence and is used typically as an attachment to an independent clause. A dependent clause adds additional meaning to the independent clause and functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb. |
| escalator clause |
a clause in a contract that provides for adjustment in prices, wages, and the like, based on changes in production costs, the cost of living, or the like. |
| grandfather clause |
a clause in certain laws, agreements, or the like that exempts from a control or restriction those already engaged in an act that the new law now forbids. [2 definitions] |
| independent clause |
in grammar, a clause that can function independently as a complete sentence; main clause. |
| main clause |
in grammar, esp. in a sentence that contains more than one clause, a clause that can function by itself as a sentence; independent clause. |
| Necessary and Proper Clause |
the provision in the U.S. Constitution that Congress will have the power to make laws that are necessary and proper for executing the powers vested by the Constitution. |
| relative clause |
in grammar, a dependent clause that modifies the word or word group that precedes it, such as "who lives in that house" in "I know the man who lives in that house." |
| reserve clause |
a condition in some professional sports contracts that provides for a one-year extension at the team owner's option. |
| subordinate clause |
in grammar, a clause that modifies the main clause of a sentence, such as "before I left" in "Before I left, I checked the locks". |
|
|