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Abe Saperstein |
U.S. creator, owner, and promoter of the renowned basketball team the Harlem Globetrotters; born in London, England (b.1902--d.1966). |
agency shop |
an agreement, between an owner or manager and a union that requires employees who do not want to join the union to pay a fee. [1/2 definitions] |
alienable |
legally transferable from one owner to another. |
backyard |
an open area behind a house that belongs to the owner of the house. |
banker1 |
an owner or employee of a bank, esp. in management. [1/2 definitions] |
barratry |
in law, a breach of duty by a ship's captain or crew that results in loss to the ship's owner. [1/2 definitions] |
benefice |
land held by a feudal tenant as a return for services to the owner. [1/3 definitions] |
bookseller |
one who sells books as an occupation, esp. the owner of a bookstore. |
brand |
a burn mark made on cattle or other animals with a hot iron to show who the owner is. [1/4 definitions] |
bring back |
to return (something) to its owner or to a store where it was purchased. [1/3 definitions] |
chain |
a group of businesses of the same kind that have the same owner. [1/2 definitions] |
co-owner |
combined form of owner. |
dairyman |
a male owner, manager, or employee of a dairy. |
dairywoman |
a female owner, manager, or employee of a dairy. |
demesne |
land kept by the owner of an estate for his or her own use, not leased to tenants. [1/5 definitions] |
derelict |
anything that has been abandoned by the owner, esp. a ship. [1/4 definitions] |
eminent domain |
in law, the right of a government to appropriate privately owned land or property for public use, upon payment of compensation to the owner. |
ex libris |
from the library of (the inscription on a bookplate preceding the name of the owner). |
farmhouse |
a house on a farm, usu. the one in which the farm owner or operator lives. |
flag of convenience |
the flag belonging to a foreign nation in which a vessel is registered for the financial convenience of the ship's owner. |
heel1 |
of a dog, to follow closely behind its owner at a command. [1/9 definitions] |
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