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- noun The state or quality of being
beholden .
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Examples
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The government's decision to provide unlimited deposit guarantees after the crash - rather than the statutory amount -- illustrates its beholdenness to the financial elite.
Robert Wade: Shadow Elite : The "Inside Job" That Toppled Iceland's Economy Robert Wade 2010
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The government's decision to provide unlimited deposit guarantees after the crash - rather than the statutory amount -- illustrates its beholdenness to the financial elite.
Robert Wade: Shadow Elite : The "Inside Job" That Toppled Iceland's Economy Robert Wade 2010
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The government's decision to provide unlimited deposit guarantees after the crash - rather than the statutory amount -- illustrates its beholdenness to the financial elite.
Robert Wade: Shadow Elite : The "Inside Job" That Toppled Iceland's Economy Robert Wade 2010
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Now, it may seem paradoxical that a mode of thought that emphasizes exactly our beholdenness to tradition should be instrumental in what is often presented as a deliberate break with tradition.
Hermeneutics Ramberg, Bjørn 2005
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On the policy side, "policy" and "legislation" (due to polarization and the state of being of "beholdenness '" is there is such a word) is less about what is good and true and right, and more about serving special interests and getting one's political views across.
DemConWatch 2009
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Plainly put, the beholdenness or dominance of any director is irrelevant because there is no fear that the dominating director, without a personal or adverse interest, will do anything contrary to the best interest of the company and its stockholders. "
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