Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A government bond in Great Britain, originally issued in 1751, that pays perpetual interest and has no date of maturity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A consolidated annuity (see
consols ); -- chiefly in combination or attributively.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun finance A
perpetual bond issued by the United Kingdom, from the 18th century.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I love the Wii, as far as any game consol is concerned the Wii has the most innovation with Wii Ware and the Virtual console along with Wii titles like Wii Fit and WIi Music coming soon.
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THe thief the consol is far smaller and far cheaper then the 360 so i think its unlikly that its gonna be anywhere able to match it.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - First Revolution title game. 2006
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I got a bug but the output from the consol is a bit too large to be pasted here...
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The book also describes the British "consol" bond ( "in the four percents", I guess) and shows a picture of Sir Walter
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None other than committed Tory, and NO voter, Fred (Sir Fred) Goodwin, (see below to explain why) No gloating from Fred though – he came to consol me.
Archive 2009-03-01 Alan Smart 2009
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None other than committed Tory, and NO voter, Fred (Sir Fred) Goodwin, (see below to explain why) No gloating from Fred though – he came to consol me.
30 Years Ago Today Alan Smart 2009
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I like to tell myself, irrationally or no, that Grandma said I had it backwards to consol me.
2010, what I wanted Jen Knox 2011
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As for consol sales, i dont think any single game can push unit sales.
Poll Results! SVGL 2009
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Take MAG for instance, thats doing something no consol game has ever done with its insane mmo fps ... but it wont push ps3 sales.
Poll Results! SVGL 2009
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Those Israelis skeptical about the Palestinians 'ultimate intentions should find some consol in a written government document confirming the Palestinian government's vision of peace and democracy.
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