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The only thing that allows the Fed to get away with this con is the fact that the Dollar is the global reserve currency.

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  1. adverb In opposition or disagreement; against: debated the issue pro and con.
  2. noun An argument or opinion against something.
  3. noun One who holds an opposing opinion or view.

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  • Migrants are subjected to a whole arsenal of restrictions without any regard for the con - stituional principle of non-discri - mination. —  Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com
  • Kashflow will acquire b-con, the project, time and accounting service currently under development. b-con is aimed at the construction industry and has the novel ability to use touch screen technology. —  Enterprise Irregulars
  • They wanted four stories: the first two controlled by Follieri, for his con-meetings and fancy con-parties, the top two under the charge of Hathaway, the actress Raffaello Follieri Disappointed To Find Prison Not Up to His Lavish, Vatican-Financed Standards some common actor, the Vatican-swindling Follieri has been forced to deal with another unpleasant surprise: prison is totally gross! —  Gawker
  • Open "select * from MR where req_no =" & CStr (mr), con, adOpenDynamic, adLockOptimistic —  DaniWeb IT Discussion Community
  • Although it seems he's a bit of a sis-con, and she's a bit of a bro-con > —  AnimeBlogger.net Antenna
 

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Etymologies (5)

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  1. Short for contra.
  2. Middle English connen, to know, from Old English cunnan; see gnō- in Indo-European roots.
  3. From cond, from Middle English conduen, from Old French conduire, from Latin condūcere, to lead together; see conduce.
  4. Short for confidence.

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  1. Early modern English also conne; Scots con, cun; orig. (as shown in the alternative pronunciation of the deriv. con, pron. kon or kun) cun, cunne, from Middle English cunnen, from Anglo-Saxon cunnian, try, test, examine, also in comp. ā-cunnian, be-cunnian, ge-cunnian, try, inquire, experience (= Old Saxon gi-kunnōn = Old High German chunnan, Middle High German kunnen, test, examine, learn to know, = Gothic (Moesogothic) ga-kunnan, read, consider); a secondary verb, from cunnan (indicative can), know: see can and its variant con, to which con is now conformed.
 

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