Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A business, as the selling of books or works of art, the publication of a newspaper, etc., in which presents are given to purchasers as an inducement.
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Examples
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One can understand the poor Indian being thus deluded into the belief that he is getting his crockery for nothing, but it is hard to understand how the "gift-enterprise" and
The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America Hudson Stuck 1891
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