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catchment
Part of Speech: noun
A surface of ground on which water may be caught and collected into a reservoir.
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establishment
Part of Speech: noun
Results: 3
            1.                                           The                                                         act                                                         of                                                         establishing;                                                           a                                                         ratifying                                                         or                                                         ordaining;                                                         settlement;                                                           confirmation.                                    

            2.                                           The                                                         state                                                         of                                                         being                                                         established,                                                           founded,                                                         and                                                         the                                                         like;                                                         fixed                                                         state.                                    

            3.                                           That                                                         which                                                         is                                                         established;                                                         as: (                                                          a)                                                           A                                                         form                                                         of                                                         government,                                                         civil                                                         or                                                         ecclesiastical;                                                         especially,                                                           a                                                           system                                                         of                                                         religion                                                         maintained                                                         by                                                         the                                                         civil                                                           power;                                                         as,                                                         the                                                         Episcopal                                                           establishment                                                         of                                                           England. (                                                          b)                                                           A                                                         permanent                                                         civil,                                                         military,                                                         or                                                           commercial,                                                         force                                                         or                                                         organization. (                                                          c)                                                         The                                                         place                                                         in                                                         which                                                         one                                                         is                                                         permanently                                                         fixed                                                         for                                                         residence                                                         or                                                         business;                                                         residence,                                                         including                                                           grounds,                                                         furniture,                                                         equipage,                                                           etc.;                                                         with                                                         which                                                         one                                                         is                                                         fitted                                                         out;                                                         also,                                                         any                                                         office                                                         or                                                         place                                                         of                                                         business,                                                         with                                                         its                                                           fixtures;                                                         that                                                         which                                                           serves                                                         for                                                         the                                                         carrying                                                         on                                                         of                                                           a                                                         business;                                                         as,                                                         to                                                         keep                                                         up                                                           a                                                         large                                                           establishment;                                                           a                                                         manufacturing                                                           establishment.                                    
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