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Submissions for the contest will be accepted until March 10, 2009 on the Indaba Music contest page.

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  1. noun A struggle for superiority or victory between rivals.
  2. noun A competition, especially one in which entrants perform separately and are rated by judges. See Synonyms at conflict.
  3. transitive verb To compete or strive for.
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  • The 1st and 2nd prize for the contest is a $100 gift certification and a $50 gift certificate to www.oldpatterns.com Please see the discuss board for the rules right now.
  • All federal, state, or other tax liabilities (including income taxes), and subsequent expenses such as (but not limited to) gas, insurance, and maintenance arising from this contest will be the sole responsibility of each winner.
  • All federal, state, or other tax liabilities (including income taxes) arising from this contest will be the sole responsibility of each winner.
  • Submissions for the contest will be accepted until March 10, 2009 on the Indaba Music contest page. —  Glide Magazine - Music :: Culture :: Life
  • Entrants for the contest will be accepted until June 31, —  PRWeb
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struggle ·  competition ·  campaign ·  strife ·  engagement ·  encounter ·  game ·  warfare ·  dispute ·  debate ·  adventure ·  affair

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contest:   contests ·  contesting ·  contested
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Probably from French conteste, from contester, to dispute, from Old French, to call to witness, from Latin contestārī : com-, com- + testis, witness; see trei- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from F. contester, contest, dispute, = Spanish Portuguese contestar = Italian contestare, notify, refer a cause, from Latin contestari, call to witness, bring an action (Middle Latin contestare litem, contest a case), from com-, together, + testari, bear witness, from testis, a witness: see test.
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