community estate
community estate. In a community-property state, the total of the assets and debts making up a married couple’s property owned in common. Cf. COMMUNITY PROPERTY.
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average variable cost
average variable cost. The average cost per unit of output, arrived at by dividing the total cost (fixed cost and variable cost) by output. See COST (1). Cf. LONG-RUN INCREMENTAL COST.
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bet
bet, n. Something (esp. money) staked or pledged as a wager. [Cases: Gaming 1.] — bet, vb. — betting, n. — bettor, n. layoff bet. A bet placed by a bookmaker to protect against excessive losses or to equalize the total amount placed on each side of the wager. See LAYOFF BETTOR. [Cases: Gaming 73.]
people’s court
people’s court. 1. A court in which individuals can resolve small disputes. See small-claims court under COURT. [Cases: Courts 174. 1.] 2. In totalitarian countries, a group of nonlawyer citizens, often illiterate commoners, convened at the scene of a crime to pass judgment or impose punishment on the accused criminal. 3. (cap.) In Nazi Germany,
physical disability
physical disability 身体残疾；生理缺陷(→physical defect; total physical disability; disability)
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