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The adoption of FIN 46 for provisions effective excluding potential common shares of 16 million shares, during 2003 did not have a material impact on the Com - as their effect is anti-dilutive. pany's financial position, cash flows or results of operations.

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  1. noun Something brought about by a cause or agent; a result.
  2. noun The power to produce an outcome or achieve a result; influence: The drug had an immediate effect on the pain. The government's action had no effect on the trade imbalance.
  3. noun A scientific law, hypothesis, or phenomenon: the photovoltaic effect.

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result ·  influence ·  condition ·  consequence ·  idea ·  aspect

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effect:   effects ·  effecting ·  effected
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin effectus, from past participle of efficere, to accomplish : ex-, ex- + facere, to make; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from effectus, past participle of efficere, ecfacere, bring to pass, accomplish, complete, do, effect, from ex, out, + facere, do: see fact, and cf. affect, infect.
  2. from Middle English effect = Dutch effect, effekt, = German effect = Danish Swedish effekt, from Old French effect, effet, French effet = Provencal effeit = Spanish efecto = Portuguese effeito = Italian effetto, from Latin effectus, an effect, tendency, purpose, from efficere, ecfacere, past participle effectus, bring to pass, accomplish, complete, effect: see effect, v.
 

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/ɛˈfɛkt/
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