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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Surveyorship; survey.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Survey; inspection.

Examples

  • “You've got an international institution in a world that needs some form of global cooperation both to set standards, and to have early warning, and surveyance of the world economy.”

    The Wall Street Journal: Interview Transcript: Gordon Brown

  • “I believe its functions should be more clearly established as that of surveyance and, if you like, dealing with problems that exist in the world economy, addressing imbalances, addressing financial gaps in regulation, and these are some of the issues that it can actually deal with, with an independence.”

    The Wall Street Journal: Interview Transcript: Gordon Brown

  • “Blenkiron's should have checked for hidden reserves, but found itself too busy; also, Battle Sun is surrounded by dust and gas, residue of a stillborn planetary system, which complicates surveyance.”

    The Game Of Empire

  • “The rest had a big chair and a surveyance a cold accumulation of nausea, and even more than that, they had a disappointment.”

    Rooms

  • “Could one pursuit banks legally for lack of due diligence and fraudulent surveyance?”

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition

  • “He did not lift his face from its brood­ing surveyance of Ward as he said: "Switch man.”

    Behold the Stars

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