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account |
a statement of the causes or reasons behind some action, event, or phenomenon. [1/16 definitions] |
accusation |
a statement that another person is guilty of a crime or error. |
affidavit |
a written statement that is sworn in the presence of an authorized official to be true, used as legal evidence. |
affirmative |
a statement indicating agreement. [1/4 definitions] |
ambiguity |
an ambiguous statement, word, expression, or the like. [1/3 definitions] |
amen |
a word used at the end of a prayer or statement to mean "may it be so." |
amplification |
something that enlarges a statement, plan, idea, or the like. [2/4 definitions] |
analogy |
a statement of logic wherein one set of paired items has the same relationship between its two members as two items of another set. [1/5 definitions] |
announcement |
a public or formal statement. |
aphorism |
a terse, sometimes witty statement of a general truth or observation; adage. |
apology |
a statement that you are sorry for something that you did. |
assertion |
a declaration or statement, often without support or proof. [1/2 definitions] |
assurance |
a statement meant to give confidence. [1/2 definitions] |
audacity |
a statement, action, or the like, that exhibits such courage or impudence. [1/3 definitions] |
axiom |
in mathematics, a statement, often one regarded as obvious, that is accepted without proof as a basis for proving other statements; postulate. [1/2 definitions] |
balance sheet |
a financial statement of an individual's or business's assets and liabilities on a given date. |
bank statement |
a document that shows all the transactions that have occurred during a specific period of time in a bank account, esp. a periodic statement compiled by a bank for an account holder. |
benefit of the doubt |
acceptance of a statement or belief as true in the absence of contrary proof. |
bill1 |
a statement that a business sends to a customer to show how much the customer must pay for goods or services that the business provided. [3/4 definitions] |
bill of rights |
(cap.) such a statement enacted by the British Parliament in 1689. [1/3 definitions] |
bottom line |
(informal) the final figure or lowest line in a financial statement, showing net profit or loss. [1/2 definitions] |
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