Articles, tagged with "merriam webster", page 5

Food Labeling

Do you have a worker who's brilliant and independent-one who refuses to go along with the crowd? Then you could have a maverick on your hands. But why do we call our independent thinkers mavericks?In the middle of the 19th century a lawyer named Samuel A.... Read >
Author: Robert Ancill

Child Beneficiaries and Their Life Insurance Trusts

Our introduction to this topic will include the basics, which will be followed by a more in depth look at this topic.According to Merriam-Webster's dictionary, a faith is a chattels pursuit detained by one role for the subsidy of another. The father (the ... Read >
Author: Raul Works

Tips to Transform your Scrabble Game

Alright, so your mother-in-law, a PhD in English Literature, has challenged you, a lowly salesclerk at the local bookstore, to a "friendly" game of Scrabble. Sound like a hopeless case? Certainly not! More than just a rivalry of vocabularies, Scrabble is ... Read >
Author: Emma Snow

Linguistics - why it is worth looking into

What Is Linguistics? Linguistics is, according to Merriam-Webster, "the study of human speech including the units, nature, structure, and modification of language." It is important to note that linguistics deals with the analysis of any language, not j... Read >
Author: zandyne

Googleland

"A brand is not a brand until it's a verb in the dictionary". Those words were uttered by a friend of mine the other day, and they got me thinking. When does the internet get renamed Googleland? When does Google get more power than the Governments that ru... Read >
Author: Chantelle Schmidlin

Practice

When we refer to certain professions we call the business of it a practice. My friend's husband has a dental practice, I have a coaching practice, my brother practices law. Within those parameters we might refer to the dentist as "excellent", the coach as... Read >
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why generic trademarks are bad for business?

A couple of days back I was discussing about Google with friends when one of them mentioned that Google has become such a well known brand that it has entered into Merriam-Webster dictionary as a word. I told them this is actually not a good thing for a b... Read >
Author: blogginginvestor

How To Use A Blog For Your Home Business

Over the last year, a lot of people found themselves asking the question, "What is a blog?" In fact, "blog" was the most searched for web definition in Merriam-Webster's online dictionary that year because of all the interest this new Internet phe... Read >
Author: Larry Potter

Management Fundamentals

For beginning business students learning the business terminology will go a long way in ensuring you perform well in your classes. Not all families have a strong business pedigree and many of us must learn the business basics the old fashioned way – on ou... Read >
Author: Adam Smith

How Can Fat Burning Supplements Be Improved To Attack Obesity More Effectively?

More and more scientists and supplement manufacturers are realizing that weight loss or fat burning supplements are associated with thermogenesis. They have also gathered more knowledge about the causes of obesity. In particular they have studied how brow... Read >
Author: Hugh Thorpe

Finding Your Niche in a Work at Home Business

Copyright 2005 Stephen Wright If you haven't heard the word 'niche' being batted around by Internet Marketers then you haven't been listening. Finding a niche has become the antidote to competing in overly saturated online markets. What is a niche? ... Read >
Author: Stephen Wright

Get a Hobby

According to Dictionary.com, a hobby is "an activity or interest pursued outside one's regular occupation and engaged in primarily for pleasure" (Dictionary.com). Merriam-Webster defines a hobby as "a pursuit outside one's regular occupation engaged in es... Read >
Author: Peter Jay

ISOTA ADDS THESAURUS, WORD LOOKUP TO SPELL CHECKER FOR OUTLOOK EXPRESS

For Immediate Release CONTACT: Mark Geigel PH: 305.903.7677 Fax: 305.255.1876 E-Mail: mark@isota.com ISOTA ADDS THESAURUS, WORD LOOKUP TO SPELL CHECKER FOR OUTLOOK EXPRESS ABCSpell for Outlook Express Gains Thesaurus and Merriam-Webster Dicti... Read >
Author: Sylvie Geigel

ISOTA RELEASES

For Immediate Release CONTACT: Mark Geigel PH: 305.903.7677 Fax: 305.255.1876 E-Mail: mark@isota.com ISOTA RELEASES "3-IN-1" VERSION OF SPELL CHECKER FOR OUTLOOK EXPRESS ABCSpell for Outlook Express Offers Spell Checking, Thesaurus and Dictio... Read >
Author: Sylvie Geigel

"Pretend Interest" and Apathy... What To Do About Them!

According to Merriam-Webster's dictionary "apathy is defined as the following: lack of emotion; lack of interest; indifference". Wow, that's pretty depressing. However, look around you. Don't many of you work with people with this attitude. I don't, be... Read >
Author: Sue and Chuck DeFiore

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