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U.K. legislative branch
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commons
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Commons are shared resources. Commons may also refer to:
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park" [syn: park , common , green ] a pasture subject to common use [syn: common land ] class composed of persons lacking noble or knightly or gentle rank [syn: ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (plural of common English) 2 A dining hall, usually at a college or university. 3 A central section of (usually an older) town, designated as a shared area, a common. 4 (context figuratively English) The mutual good of all; the abstract concept of ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Commons \Com"mons\, n. pl., The mass of the people, as distinguished from the titled classes or nobility; the commonalty; the common people. 'T is like the commons, rude unpolished hinds, Could send such message to their sovereign. --Shak. The word ...
Usage examples of commons.
Commoner Town, the aristos say, but we say Commons, meaning it’s for all of us.
You might even decide you’d like to live in Commons during wintertime, if you’re here that long.
You’ve got animals, too, and they’ll do better in Commons than they will out here.
Alverd was likely to be elected mayor of Commons in a week or two, and mayors had little time for such doings.
There are so many tunnels and storage rooms and meeting rooms under Commons it is like living over a sponge.
Craftsmen, farmers, merchants, and their families lived and worked north of the barrier in an area they called Commons, centered on the town.
Usually, however, traffic moved along Grass Mountain Road between port and Commons with no hindrance.
The residents of Commons who went to the estancias kept their mouths shut about town business.
What the bons thought of as eternally true regarding their own social and economic superiority, Commons had long since discarded in favor of a more pragmatic view.
The only sightseeing was in Commons, which meant a constant easy flow of traffic along the road.
She and Saint Teresa were the madams of the two largest sensee houses in Portside, and they often traveled into Commons with their housekeepers and cooks.
They had practiced these antique steps under the watchful eye of a dancing master sent from Commons and they now swayed across the floor as though they had danced in this remarkably intimate fashion all their lives.
So it was from Commons that Lees Bergrem came to examine Janetta bon Maukerden—Dr.
They had been wiped out in this small population, and the quarantine officers at the port kept Commons clean.
She had forged orders over the name of Hector Paine and sent them to Commons, intercepting the deliveries when they arrived.