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ESCAPE CLAUSE

Specialty Definition: ESCAPE CLAUSE

DomainDefinition

Economics

1. A provision in a bilateral or multilateral commercial agreement permitting a signatory nation to change their obligations when imports threaten serious harm to the producers of competitive domestic goods. 2. A provision in a contract or other document permitting parties to avoid liability for nonperformance under certain conditions. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: ESCAPE CLAUSE

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Qualification

Condition, proviso, prerequisite, contingency, stipulation, provision, specification, sine qua non; catch, string, strings attached; exemption; exception, escape clause, salvo, saving clause; discount; restriction; fine print.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: ESCAPE CLAUSE

Specialty definitions using "ESCAPE CLAUSE": Trade Act of 1974. (references)

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Modern Usage: ESCAPE CLAUSE

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Escape Clause (1996)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: ESCAPE CLAUSE

DomainTitle

Theater & Movies

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: ESCAPE CLAUSE

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963We are not neglecting the safeguards provided by peril points, an escape clause, or the National Security Amendment.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ESCAPE CLAUSE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

escape clause

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: ESCAPE CLAUSE

Language Translations for "ESCAPE CLAUSE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

mentesítő záradék, kivételt kikötő záradék, kitérő záradék, kitérő rendelkezés, fenntartást kikötő záradék. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

escapeay auseclay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: ESCAPE CLAUSE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-e-e-e-l-p-s-s-u"

-4 letters: accusals, capsules, escapees, euclases, saccules, scaleups, scapulae, scapulas, seascape, upscales.

-5 letters: accusal, accuses, calesas, calpacs, capless, capsule, casease, casuals, causals, clauses, elapses, escapee, escapes, euclase, palaces, pascals, pleases, saccule, scaleup, scapula, specula, upscale.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ESCAPE CLAUSE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 53 43 41 50 45      43 4C 41 55 53 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01010011 01000011 01000001 01010000 01000101 00100000 01000011 01001100 01000001 01010101 01010011 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#83 &#67 &#65 &#80 &#69 &#32 &#67 &#76 &#65 &#85 &#83 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0053 0043 0041 0050 0045      0043 004C 0041 0055 0053 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3953373550392374635555339

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Speeches
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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