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  • noun plural (Arch.), obsolete The principal rafters of a roof, especially a pair of rafters taken together.

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  • noun Plural form of firm.
  • noun obsolete, architecture The principal rafters of a roof, especially a pair of rafters taken together.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of firm.

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Examples

  • Their misrepresentations of the safety of certain firms is directly responsible for most of the problems in the Ohio system.

    Matthew Yglesias » The Looming Public Pension Disaster 2010

  • By my back-of-the-envelope calculations, what UM — following a methodology its competitors use — reports as an “average” salary for graduates in firms, is most likely closer to what someone in the 75th percentile of the salary distribution gets.

    Discourse.net: More About Starting Salaries 2008

  • In particular, commentators questioned the claim made there that the average starting salary for UM grads who work in firms is over $100,000.

    Discourse.net: More About Starting Salaries 2008

  • Oliver Williamson has provided the first testable theory of why some economic transactions take place within firms and other similar transactions take place between firms, that is, in the marketplace.

    The Prize in Economics 2009 - Presentation Speech 2009

  • Modular cluster of firms around Linux: open source sitting within firms making different pieces of the system.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009

  • Many of the remainder were low-wage workers in firms with fewer than 10 workers, who could obtain coverage if the government offered tax credits for small businesses or grants to states, while others are illegal immigrants, it said.

    CNN Truth Squad: The uninsured - 46 million or 8 million? 2009

  • One of the delightful ironies of the current economic malaise affecting law firms is that their regular banks -- for the large firms, large banks, such as Citibank -- won't lend to them because the regulators are watching the quality of their loans.

    Shock and awe (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • Many of the remainder were low-wage workers in firms with fewer than 10 workers, who could obtain coverage if the government offered tax credits for small businesses or grants to states, while others are illegal immigrants, it said.

    CNN Truth Squad: The uninsured - 46 million or 8 million? 2009

  • He said the private deals could allow U.S. furniture makers to favor certain Chinese firms over others and effectively set a price of entry into the market.

    Cash Softens a Trade Blow James R. Hagerty 2011

  • Capital to private firms is increasingly allocated by the state — the new Corporate State.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » The Most Negative Leading Economic Indicator 2010

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