Phrase Hound found 10 phrases and 5 compound words that contain commons. The most common are listed below. Open commons in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 10
- Creative CommonsA set of licenses intended to offer the consumer more freedoms than traditional copyright.
- House of CommonsThe lower house of the British Parliament.
- tragedy of the commonsA situation in which unmanaged use of a shared resource (such as the atmosphere or an ocean) by a number of participants results in the unintended ruin or total consumption of that resource.
- Doctors' CommonsA society of lawyers practising civil law in London, England, incorporated by royal charter in 1768.
- digital commonsDigital property, often but not necessarily in the public domain, especially intellectual property, when expressed and reproduced using digital formats.
- Commons HouseSynonym of House of Commons: The lower house of the British Parliament.
- short commonsMeagre rations.
- tragedies of the commonsplural of tragedy of the commons: A situation in which unmanaged use of a shared resource (such as the atmosphere or an ocean) by a number of participants results in the unintended ruin or total consumption of that resource.
- Houses of Commonsplural of House of Commons: The lower house of the British Parliament.
- pinch-commonsA miser; especially someone parsimonious with food.
Compound words 5
- anticommonsThe reverse of a commons; a situation in which a resource is subject to fragmented rights, whereby potential users can exclude one another.
- commonshipsplural of commonship: A state, condition, or things shared or held in common; commonality.
- discommonsthird-person singular simple present indicative of discommon: To deprive of the privilege of citizenship of a town or city.
- intercommonsthird-person singular simple present indicative of intercommon: To share with others; to participate; especially, to eat at the same table.
- pinchcommonsAlternative form of pinch-commons: A miser; especially someone parsimonious with food.