to bind / to restrict / to constrain
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approximately / about (some numerical value)
to invite sb to go along with oneself (to a meeting, on a trip etc)
(neologism, attested by 2014) (slang) Are you interested? (originally an invitation for casual sex, later generalized as a playful or humorous invitation for any activity)
iota (Greek letter Ιι)
contract / oath of allegiance
established by popular usage (idiom) / common usage agreement / customary convention
committed information rate (Frame Relay) / CIR
divisor (of a number) / approximate number
partner for dating / a date (boyfriend or girlfriend)
restrictive condition / constraint
to arrange a fight with sb
Ark of the Covenant
temporary law / provisional constitution
(slang) to hook up for sex / to arrange a casual sexual encounter (often with a new or non-committed partner)
approximate / rough
approximate estimate / to reckon roughly
cash equivalent (accountancy)
to commission (a newspaper article, piece of writing, artwork etc)
charter
approximately equal to
to estimate / to guess / about / around / approximately
promise / one's word / pledge / abbreviation
to calculate to be roughly ...
to arrange a meeting for a formal talk (usu. by an authority with a subordinate) / to summon for questioning or a warning
to invite / to issue an invitation
to gather at an appointed place and time
(term coined c. 1920s) unequal treaty – a treaty between China and one or more aggressor nations (including Russia, Japan and various Western powers) which imposed humiliating conditions on China (in the 19th and early 20th centuries)
(idiom) (of two or more people) to take the same action without prior consultation / (usu. used adverbially) all (or both) of them, independently / as if by prior agreement
credit default swap (finance)
frugal / economical / thrifty
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
(math.) common factor / common divisor
(idiom) diligent and thrifty
to simplistically reduce (sth) to just ... / to regard (sth) as merely ...
entente / pact / agreement / negotiated settlement
Allies / entente (i.e. Western powers allied to China in WW1)
vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)
to practice strict economy (idiom)
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