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Phrases 597
- common senseOrdinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made.
- common lawLaw developed by judges, courts, and agency adjudicatory tribunals, through their decisions and opinions (also called case law) (as opposed to statutes promulgated by legislatures, and regulations promulgated by the executive branch).
- common stockShares of an ownership interest in the equity of a corporation or other entity with limited liability entitled to dividends, with financial rights junior to preferred stock and liabilities.
- common groundA characteristic or interest shared by multiple people or systems; any belief, etc. held in common.
- common denominatorAny integer that is a common multiple of the denominators of two or more fractions.
- common goodThe general interest of the population as a whole.
- common coldA very common, mild viral infection of the nose and throat, whose symptoms typically include sneezing, sniffling, a running or blocked nose, a sore throat, coughing and a headache.
- common nameThe name by which an organism or group of organisms is known to the general public.
- common knowledgeThat which is known by most people, and thus cannot reasonably be contested.
- common practiceA usual and commonly accepted way of doing things.
- common threadA recurring characteristic or theme present in different events or areas.
- common causeA shared purpose.
- common manAn average citizen, in contrast to the social, political or cultural elite.
- common-placeArchaic form of commonplace: Ordinary; not having any remarkable characteristics.
- common carrierA person or company that undertakes to transport goods for the general public or passengers on regular routes at agreed rates.
- common ancestorAn ancestor that two or more descendants have in common.
- common yearA year that is not a leap year; a 365-day year.
- common landan area of land in the United Kingdom or Ireland that is open to the public at all times and until the 18th century would have been land that was free for anybody to graze their animals on.
- common roomA shared lounge found in dormitories, universities, military bases, etc.
- common purposeA purpose or intent shared by all members of a group.
- Common EraThe secular equivalent of anno Domini and the Christian Era, the internationally recognized method of numbering years on the Gregorian calendar.
- common areaA piece of land or a room that is designed for the use of multiple visitors to or inhabitants of a place.
- Common shares
- common genderA grammatical gender in some languages, formed by the historical merging of masculine and feminine genders.
- common peopleSynonym of commonfolk; commoners.
Compound words 40
- commonwealthThe well-being of a community.
- commonlyAs a rule; frequently; usually.
- commonercomparative form of common: more common
- commonalityThe joint possession of a set of attributes or characteristics.
- commonwealThe common good; public wellbeing or prosperity.
- commonholdThe freehold tenure of part of a multioccupancy building (typically a flat) with shared responsibility for common services.
- discommonTo deprive of the privilege of citizenship of a town or city.
- commonhoodThe state or condition of being common; commonness.
- commonableOwned, managed or used in common.
- commonshipA state, condition, or things shared or held in common; commonality.