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: an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity
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: any of various taxes on privileges often assessed in the form of a license or fee
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a : to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant b : to force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit
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: to pass off as genuine or worthy <foist costly and valueless products on the public — Jonathan Spivak>
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: the basic monetary unit of the Netherlands until 2002
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: the basic monetary unit of Suriname until 2004
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: any of various perennial bulbous herbs (genus Narcissus) of the amaryllis family; especially : one whose flowers have a large corona elongated into a trumpet — compare jonquil, narcissus
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: a spicate inflorescence (as of the willow, birch, or oak) bearing scaly bracts and unisexual usually apetalous flowers —called also ament
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: a male Netherlander —used as a title equivalent to Mr.
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: a stew of fish or chicken and vegetables in a seasoned stock thickened with cream and egg yolks
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: any of a Dutch breed of compact medium-sized dogs that have a dense heavy grayish coat and a foxy head
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: foreigner; especially : a British resident in the former republics of the Transvaal and Orange Free State
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: any of a Belgian breed of small stocky black tailless dogs with foxy head and heavy coat
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: either of two large African antelopes (Alcelaphus buselaphus and Sigmoceros lichtensteinii) with long faces and short annulate divergent horns; also : a smaller antelope (Damaliscus hunteri) of eastern Africa having a horizontal white line between the eyes
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