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balmy
adjectiveCharacterized by pleasantly warm weather.
Usage examples:
The balmy days of late summer
cardholder
ˈkɑːdˌhəʊl.dər
nounA person who has a credit card or debit card.
Usage examples:
The amount of money owed by cardholders on their credit cards has more than doubled in the last fou…
nounSomeone who has been given permission to use a card which allows them to do something, for example a credit card or store card
Usage examples:
The worst thing any cardholder can do in this environment is make a late payment.
imputation
ˌɪm.pjuˈteɪ.ʃən
nounA charge or claim that someone has done something undesirable; an accusation.
Usage examples:
There are grounds for inquiring into the imputations of misconduct against him
nounA suggestion that someone is guilty of something, or that something is the cause of something else
Usage examples:
An imputation against sb/sth nothing in the report carried any imputations against the company., an…
petition
nounA formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority in respect of a particular cause.
Usage examples:
She was asked to sign a petition against plans to build on the local playing fields
verbPresent a petition to (an authority) in respect of a particular cause.
Usage examples:
The organization is petitioning the eu for a moratorium on the patent
nounA document signed by a large number of people requesting some action from the government or another authority, or law a formal letter to a court of law requesting a particular legal action
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More than 2000 people signed a petition to protect a wildlife area from development., law she’s fil…
voiceless
adjectiveNot able to speak or express opinions.
Usage examples:
Millions of americans feel voiceless and powerless to bring positive change to the political system
adjectiveIf a group of people is voiceless, it does not have the power or the legal right to express their opinions
Usage examples:
He spent his life fighting for the rights of the voiceless and the underprivileged.