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(n)
(idiomatic) Synonym of drawcard (“something that attracts patronage to a place or an event”).
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(marketing) An item that is sold at or below cost in an effort to stimulate other profitable sales.
An act by which one is led or guided.
An order to do something.
A chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on their own authority.
A person who helps a group to have an effective dialog without taking any side of the argument, especially in order to reach a consensus.
The act of giving a command.
(music) A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.
(uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules, give orders, or impose obligation; or a position having such power or right.
An order or a decision on a point of law from someone in authority.
The capacity of someone to lead others.
Someone who has control over something or someone.
A person or other entity who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress.
(politics, UK, Westminster system) The head of government in parliament and leader of the cabinet.
A duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable.
(adj)
Obliged, when called upon, to answer (for one’s deeds); answerable.
(finance) something actually received; real receipts, as distinct from estimated ones.
(archaic) The individual who bears the responsibility for something.
Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
An ongoing winner in a game or contest.
Powerful industrialist; captain of industry.
A wealthy and powerful business person.
A respectful term of address to a man of higher rank or position, particularly:
A wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
(informal) Boss, leader.
A delegate.
A leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group.
A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
Someone involved in a discussion, especially a participant in a formal discussion or who has been assigned a particular role or topic.
(Internet) A person who enforces the rules of a discussion forum by deleting posts, banning users, etc.
A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend.
Something added to fill a space or add weight or size.
An office holder, a person holding an official position in government, sports, or other organization.
Either of two parts that fit together, or complement one another.
The amount of money levied for a service.
(management) A person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team.
The leading position or edge.
(management) A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.
The act of counting or tallying a quantity.
The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.
(after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
A man who is a leader in national or international affairs.
A chairman or chairwoman, someone who presides over a meeting, board, etc.
An official in charge of a government department, especially a police force.
The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity.
The mental power or ability of choosing; the will.
One who speaks.
A boss in a business, company, or other organization.
One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.
The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
Alternative spelling of commander in chief. [Supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country.]
That which precurses: a forerunner, predecessor, or indicator of approaching events.
Alternative form of front runner. [(idiomatic) Any of the most likely winners in a contest, election, etc.]
The head of state of a republic.
A leader of a clan or tribe.
(seduction community) An instance of sarging.
That which complies with justice, law or reason.
A collection of papers collated and archived together.
One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.
An article in a publication giving the opinion of its editors on a given topic or current event.
Any group of people who invent or promote new techniques or concepts, especially in the arts.
(military) A commanding officer, usually of a specific force or division.
(by extension) The person(s) at the forefront of any group or movement.
(art) One who creates an animation or cartoon; a cartoonist.
A forceful or brutal person, usually a ruler or tyrant.
(military) A unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company.
A surname from Arabic.
(UK, Ireland, chiefly London, informal) A form of address to a man, usually a stranger or a superior.
A female chairperson
An influential figure or leader in Lebanon.
A member of a clergy.
(phonetics) A sound produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue.
(government) A politician who heads a ministry
A precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead.
A surname from German.
(historical, Nazism, definite) Adolf Hitler, during his time as chancellor of Nazi Germany.
The condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.
(informal, rare, chiefly India) headmaster
A person who rules or governs; someone or something that exercises dominion or controlling power over others.
The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.
(countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person.
A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car, truck, bus, train, forklift, etc.
Soft filling material used in cushions etc.
One who leads or initiates an activity (such as an attack or a campaign).
A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.
(archery) A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
(originally Oxford University slang) A trainer or instructor.