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| SUBSCRIBER | | n. - person who subscribes.
- person hiring a telephone line.
- trunk dialling n. Automatic connection of trunk calls by dialling. | |
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| SUBSECTION | | n. Division of a section. | |
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| SUBSEQUENT | | adj. (usu. Foll. By to) following, esp. As a consequence. subsequently adv. [latin sequor follow] | |
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| SUBSIDIARY | | —adj. - supplementary; auxiliary.
- (of a company) controlled by another. —n. (pl. -ies) subsidiary thing, person, or company. [latin: related to *subsidy] | |
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| SUBSTITUTE | | —n. - (also attrib.) Person or thing acting or used in place of another.
- artificial alternative to a food etc. —v. (-ting) (often foll. By for) (cause to) act as a substitute. substitution n. [latin substituo -tut-] | |
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| SUBSTRATUM | | n. (pl. -ta) underlying layer or substance. | |
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| SUBTERFUGE | | n. - attempt to avoid blame or defeat esp. By lying or deceit.
- statement etc. Used for such a purpose. [latin] | |
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| SUBTROPICS | | n.pl. Regions adjacent to the tropics. subtropical adj. | |
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| SUBVENTION | | n. Subsidy. [latin subvenio assist] | |
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| SUBVERSIVE | | —adj. Seeking to subvert (esp. A government). —n. Subversive person. subversion n. Subversively adv. Subversiveness n. [medieval latin subversivus: related to *subvert] | |
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