American business jargon. 2014.
Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death — Infobox Album | Name = Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death Type = Compilation album Artist = the Dead Kennedys |225px|Album cover Released = June 1987 Recorded = 1979 1987 Genre = Hardcore punk Length = 51:26 Label = Alternative Tentacles… … Wikipedia
give·back — /ˈgıvˌbæk/ noun, pl backs [count] US business : a previous gain (such as increased wages or benefits) that is given back to a company by workers as part of an agreement The union had to agree to certain givebacks in order to save the jobs of all… … Useful english dictionary
All I Have to Give — Infobox Single Name = All I Have to Give Caption = US CD3 single cover Artist = Backstreet Boys from Album = Backstreet s Back Released = January 13, 1998flagicon|Europe January 19, 1999 flagicon|US Format = CD single Recorded = 1997 Genre = Pop … Wikipedia
T-Backs, T-Shirts, COAT, and Suit — (1993) is a young adult novel by E.L. Konigsburg. PlotChloë Pollack, in order to evade the pressures of her friends, agrees to spend the summer with her stepfather Nick s sister Bernadette, whom Chloë hasn t seen since Nick married her mother. At … Wikipedia
Government of Detroit, Michigan — With a charter adopted on July 1, 1974, the government of Detroit, Michigan, is run by a mayor, the nine member Detroit City Council, and clerk elected on a nonpartisan ballot. Detroit has a strong mayoral system, with the mayor approving… … Wikipedia
International Paper strike — The International Paper strike was a strike in 1987 by paper mill workers at a number of plants in the United States owned by the International Paper (IP) company.At the time of the strike, International Paper was one of the best managed and… … Wikipedia
kickback — (n.) also kick back, c.1900 in various mechanical senses, from KICK (Cf. kick) (v.) + BACK (Cf. back) (adv.). By 1926 in a slang sense of be forced to return pelf, pay back to victims, which was extended to illegal partial give backs of… … Etymology dictionary
football — /foot bawl /, n. 1. a game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field having goal posts at each end, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent s goal line and by place… … Universalium
Glossary of American football — The following terms are used in American football and Canadian football, but see also the glossary of Canadian football. Contents: 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V … Wikipedia
furniture — furnitureless, adj. /ferr ni cheuhr/, n. 1. the movable articles, as tables, chairs, desks or cabinets, required for use or ornament in a house, office, or the like. 2. fittings, apparatus, or necessary accessories for something. 3. equipment for … Universalium
