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forehand
(encz) | forehand,forehand n: Zdeněk Brož |
forehand
(encz) | forehand,forhend n: Zdeněk Brož |
forehand
(czen) | forehand,forehandn: Zdeněk Brož |
Forehand
(gcide) | Forehand \Fore"hand`\, n.
1. All that part of a horse which is before the rider.
--Johnson.
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2. The chief or most important part. --Shak.
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3. Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.
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And, but for ceremony, such a wretch . . .
Had the forehand and vantage of a king. --Shak.
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Forehand
(gcide) | Forehand \Fore"hand`\, a.
Done beforehand; anticipative.
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And so extenuate the forehand sin. --Shak.
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forehand
(wn) | forehand
adj 1: (of racket strokes) made with palm facing direction of
stroke [syn: forehand(a), forehanded] [ant:
backhand(a), backhanded]
n 1: (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the
direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or
squash) [syn: forehand, forehand stroke, {forehand
shot}] |
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beforehand
(mass) | beforehand
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beforehand
(encz) | beforehand,předem |
forehand
(encz) | forehand,forehand n: Zdeněk Brožforehand,forhend n: Zdeněk Brož |
forehand drive
(encz) | forehand drive, n: |
forehand shot
(encz) | forehand shot, n: |
forehand stroke
(encz) | forehand stroke, n: |
forehanded
(encz) | forehanded, adj: |
forehand
(czen) | forehand,forehandn: Zdeněk Brož |
Aforehand
(gcide) | Aforehand \A*fore"hand`\adv.
Beforehand; in anticipation. [Archaic or Dial.]
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She is come aforehand to anoint my body. --Mark xiv. 8.
[1913 Webster]Aforehand \A*fore"hand`\, a.
Prepared; previously provided; -- opposed to behindhand.
[Archaic or Dial.]
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Aforehand in all matters of power. --Bacon.
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Beforehand
(gcide) | Beforehand \Be*fore"hand`\, adv. [Before + hand.]
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1. In a state of anticipation ore preoccupation; in advance;
-- often followed by with.
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Agricola . . . resolves to be beforehand with the
danger. --Milton.
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The last cited author has been beforehand with me.
--Addison.
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2. By way of preparation, or preliminary; previously;
aforetime.
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They may be taught beforehand the skill of speaking.
--Hooker.
[1913 Webster]Beforehand \Be*fore"hand`\, a.
In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded.
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Rich and much beforehand. --Bacon.
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Forehand rent
(gcide) | Rent \Rent\ (r[e^]nt), n. [F. rente, LL. renta, fr. L. reddita,
fem. sing. or neut. pl. of redditus, p. p. of reddere to give
back, pay. See Render.]
1. Income; revenue. See Catel. [Obs.] "Catel had they
enough and rent." --Chaucer.
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[Bacchus] a waster was and all his rent
In wine and bordel he dispent. --Gower.
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So bought an annual rent or two,
And liv'd, just as you see I do. --Pope.
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2. Pay; reward; share; toll. [Obs.]
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Death, that taketh of high and low his rent.
--Chaucer.
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3. (Law) A certain periodical profit, whether in money,
provisions, chattels, or labor, issuing out of lands and
tenements in payment for the use; commonly, a certain
pecuniary sum agreed upon between a tenant and his
landlord, paid at fixed intervals by the lessee to the
lessor, for the use of land or its appendages; as, rent
for a farm, a house, a park, etc.
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Note: The term rent is also popularly applied to compensation
for the use of certain personal chattels, as a piano, a
sewing machine, etc.
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4. (Polit. Econ.)
(a) That portion of the produce of the earth paid to the
landlord for the use of the "original and
indestructible powers of the soil;" the excess of the
return from a given piece of cultivated land over that
from land of equal area at the "margin of
cultivation." Called also economic rent, or
Ricardian rent. Economic rent is due partly to
differences of productivity, but chiefly to advantages
of location; it is equivalent to ordinary or
commercial rent less interest on improvements, and
nearly equivalent to ground rent.
(b) Loosely, a return or profit from a differential
advantage for production, as in case of income or
earnings due to rare natural gifts creating a natural
monopoly.
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Black rent. See Blackmail, 3.
Forehand rent, rent which is paid in advance; foregift.
Rent arrear, rent in arrears; unpaid rent. --Blackstone.
Rent charge (Law), a rent reserved on a conveyance of land
in fee simple, or granted out of lands by deed; -- so
called because, by a covenant or clause in the deed of
conveyance, the land is charged with a distress for the
payment of it. --Bouvier.
Rent roll, a list or account of rents or income; a rental.
Rent seck (Law), a rent reserved by deed, but without any
clause of distress; barren rent. A power of distress was
made incident to rent seck by Statute 4 George II. c. 28.
Rent service (Eng. Law), rent reserved out of land held by
fealty or other corporeal service; -- so called from such
service being incident to it.
White rent, a quitrent when paid in silver; -- opposed to
black rent.
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Forehanded
(gcide) | Forehanded \Fore"hand`ed\, a.
1. Early; timely; seasonable. "Forehanded care." --Jer.
Taylor.
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2. Beforehand with one's needs, or having resources in
advance of one's necessities; in easy circumstances; as, a
forehanded farmer. [U.S.]
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3. Formed in the forehand or fore parts.
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A substantial, true-bred beast, bravely forehanded.
--Dryden.
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beforehand
(wn) | beforehand
adv 1: ahead of time; in anticipation; "when you pay ahead (or
in advance) you receive a discount"; "We like to plan
ahead"; "should have made reservations beforehand" [syn:
ahead, in advance, beforehand]
adj 1: being ahead of time or need; "gave advance warning"; "was
beforehand with her report" [syn: advance(a),
beforehand(p)] |
forehand
(wn) | forehand
adj 1: (of racket strokes) made with palm facing direction of
stroke [syn: forehand(a), forehanded] [ant:
backhand(a), backhanded]
n 1: (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the
direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or
squash) [syn: forehand, forehand stroke, {forehand
shot}] |
forehand drive
(wn) | forehand drive
n 1: (sports) hard straight return made on the forehand side (as
in tennis or badminton or squash) |
forehand shot
(wn) | forehand shot
n 1: (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the
direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or
squash) [syn: forehand, forehand stroke, {forehand
shot}] |
forehand stroke
(wn) | forehand stroke
n 1: (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the
direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or
squash) [syn: forehand, forehand stroke, {forehand
shot}] |
forehanded
(wn) | forehanded
adj 1: (of racket strokes) made with palm facing direction of
stroke [syn: forehand(a), forehanded] [ant:
backhand(a), backhanded]
2: having provided for the future |
FOREHAND RENT
(bouvier) | FOREHAND RENT, Eng. law. A species of rent which is a premium given by the
tenant at the time of taking the lease, as on the renewal of leases by
ecclesiastical corporations, which is considered in the nature of an
improved rent. 1 T. R. 486; 3 T. R. 461; 3 Atk. 473; Crabb. on R. P. Sec.
155.
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