Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- The husks of walnuts.
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- noun Plural form of
bad .
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Examples
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Lastly, environmental "bads" - carbon, airline fuel etc - need to be taxed.
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Lastly, environmental "bads" - carbon, airline fuel etc - need to be taxed.
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We had good active members (mostly no "bads" -- aka unskilled players), raided every evening with the exception of Sunday, and most people spent our day off farming for mats we'd need the other six days.
1UP RSS feed 2009
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What I am for is labeling, and not just labeling "bads," but labeling "goods" as well.
Wendy Gordon: Fishing for Labels Wendy Gordon 2012
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What I am for is labeling, and not just labeling "bads," but labeling "goods" as well.
Wendy Gordon: Fishing for Labels Wendy Gordon 2012
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If you think government is always "bogus" then perhaps it's because you have a black and white view of how government should act and in your model, government shouldn't encourage social goods or discourage social "bads" -- activities that impose burdens on those who don't engage in them.
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My brother's girlfriend said wasn't it interesting that no-one ever gets funding for studies that investigate the positive side of the "bads" like booze or pot or whatever.
Idolatory Newmania 2007
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Taxing such "bads" as hazardous wastes could generate $130 billion a year in the United States, calculates the Worldwatch Institute.
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This tells us that maybe we should consider taxing 'bads' instead of 'goods'.
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Maybe someday if we start taxing "bads" instead of "goods" (pollution, carbon, toxins instead of labor, income, capital gains) the least expensive products will also be the greenest, but right now that's not the case.
Michael Graham Richard: 4 Reasons Why Recession is BAD for the Environment 2008
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