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Definitions: Renewal |
RenewalNoun1. The conversion of waste land into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation. 2. The act of renewing. 3. Filling again by supplying what has been used up. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "renewal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
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Finance | The act or process of transforming or extending a credit agreement, whereby the old debt is cancelled by the establishment of a new one(e. g. in current accounts by striking and acknowledging a balance). Source: European Union. (references) |
Insurance | The reinstatement in force and effect of something that is about to expire. With an insurance policy it is made either by the issuance of a new policy or renewal receipt. . Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: RenewalSynonyms: reclamation (n), refilling (n), rehabilitation (n), replacement (n), replenishment (n). (additional references) |
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Duplication | Noun: duplication; doubling; Verb: gemination, ingemination; reduplication; iteration; (repetition); renewal. |
Repetition | Cuckoo; (imitation); reverberation; drumming; (roll); renewal; (restoration). |
Reproduction | Noun: reproduction, renovation; restoration; renewal; new edition, reprint, revival, regeneration, |
Restoration | Noun: restoration, restoral; reinstatement, replacement, rehabilitation, reestablishment, reconstitution, reconstruction; reproduction; renovation, renewal; revival, revivessence, reviviscence; refreshment; resuscitation, reanimation, revivification, reviction; Phenix; reorganization. |
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Screenplays | He's almost guaranteed to sign the Urban Renewal Contract. (The Towering Inferno; writing credit: Richard Martin Stern; Thomas N. Scortia) | |
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Terence | Lovers quarrels are the renewal of love. |
| The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love. | |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | This renewal, however, will not apply to France, Portugal and Roumania. (reference) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom-- symbolizing an end as well as a beginning--signifying renewal as well as change. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It beat even a little less feebly, as if the motion of the carriage had determined a certain renewal of life. |
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Business | Renewal is possible but it is not guaranteed. (references) | |
The possession of a valid health card is a pre-requisite for residency visa renewal. (references) | ||
Fifty percent of all the contracts are renewed automatically, with the balance renegotiated prior to renewal. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Russia | In February the Chief Rabbi of Moscow--a foreign citizen--experienced unusual delays and warnings before his routine visa renewal. (references) |
Togo | In 2000 the Government eased its strict documentation requirements for citizens who apply for a new passport or a passport renewal. (references) | |
Bangladesh | In December 1999, the leader of the then-opposition Jamaat-e-Islami, Ghulam Azam, submitted his passport to immigration authorities for renewal, but it was not renewed. (references) | |
Economic History | Yemen | The renewal fee is 20,500 rials. (references) |
Czech Rep | The Embassy is seeking a renewal of this waiver. (references) | |
Poland | The foreign firm must reapply for renewal of its permit. (references) | |
Human Rights | Russia | Those providers that do not comply with the requirements face either loss of their licenses or denial of their license renewal. (references) |
Rwanda | On December 26, Gratien Munyarubuga, a taxi driver and member of the opposition Party for Democracy and Renewal (PDR), was killed by two of his passengers. (references) | |
Costa Rica | The Legislative Assembly elects the 22 Supreme Court magistrates to 8-year terms, subject to automatic renewal unless the Assembly decides otherwise by a two-thirds majority. (references) | |
Political Economy | AUSTRALIA | They are protected by the Patents Act (1990), which offers coverage for 20 years subject to renewal. (references) |
Colombia | Renewal and enhancement of the Andean Trade Preference Act, scheduled to expire in December of 2001, is a top Colombian priority. (references) | |
OMAN | The government grants five-year tax holidays to newly established industries or expansion projects; a one-time renewal is possible. (references) | |
Trade | Philippines | Subsequent renewal of CPR shall be valid for a period of three (3) years. (references) |
Senegal | Goods imported under the warehouse system benefit from total suspension of duties and taxes for 12 months, with the possibility of renewal. (references) | |
Thailand | In case the company has applied and been reimbursed for tax from the transaction related to previous shipment, the local company has to process a permit/certificate to allow re-entry of the goods . The said permit application must be placed at the same port as the port of departure from previous outbound shipments . The authorities will check the record of the product to ensure that there has been no modification and changes to product attributes . The goods can stay in Thailand initially up to one year with the possibility of renewal for another year. (references) | |
Travel | Cote D'ivoire | If the visa expires while in Cte d'Ivoire, it is necessary to apply for renewal at the Sureté Nationale. (references) |
Czech Rep | The 2001 law relaxed or eliminated some document requirements, extended the period for renewal of residence permits, allowed residence permits for children born to legal residents, and broadened possibilities. (references) | |
Slovak Rep | Permits are granted for not more than one year with the possibility of extension provided that an application for a renewal of the permit is submitted at least 14 days prior to the expiration of the valid permit. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Vietnam | Many contracts have been negotiated that ended the practice of annual renewal, and multiyear contracts have become more common despite initial resistance from foreign companies. (references) |
Malawi | According to the Government "policy statement and new guidelines" for the issuance and renewal of employment permits (the temporary employment permit or "TEP"), foreign investors may employ foreign personnel in areas where there is a shortage of "suitable and qualified" citizens. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Bill Clinton | Our of Democracy must be not only the envy of the world, but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America. |
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John Adams | 1797-1801 | Since the renewal of this intercourse our citizens trading to those ports, with their property, have been duly respected, and privateering from those ports has ceased. |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | Such of them as were invited to Detroit acceded readily to a renewal of the former treaties of friendship. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | But if any private citizen or public functionary should interpose to curtail its powers or prevent a renewal of its privileges, it can not be doubted that he would be made to feel its influence. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | Rather this change expresses a purpose of strengthening our dedication and devotion to the precepts of our founding documents, a conscious renewal of faith in our country and in the watchfulness of a Divine Providence. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Every American community will benefit from the construction or modernization of schools, libraries, hospitals, and nursing homes, from the training of more nurses and from the improvement of urban renewal in public transit. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | We brought about with the Congress, after much delay, the renewal of the general revenue sharing. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | So, with all the creative energy at our command, let us begin an era of national renewal. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Tonight, I come before this house, and the American people, with an appeal for renewal. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | My fellow citizens, today we celebrate the mystery of American renewal. |
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| "Renewal" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.31% of the time. "Renewal" is used about 1,010 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.31% | 1,003 | 7,340 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.69% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,010 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "renewal": contract renewal ♦ renewal certificate ♦ renewal coupon ♦ renewal fees ♦ renewal of a lease ♦ spiritual renewal ♦ tacit renewal clause ♦ the renewal of a vow ♦ the renewal of hostilities ♦ urban renewal. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "renewal": non-renewal. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "renewal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | rivendosje (rearrangement, reclamation, reconstruction, recovery, redress, re-establishment, rehabilitation, reinstatement, restoration, revival), rilindje (rebirth, regenerate, renaissance, renascence, resurrection), përtëritje (innovation, regeneration, rejuvenation, rejuvenescence, reorganization), përsëritje (encore, iterance, iteration, recapitulation, recurrence, reduplication, rehearsal, reiteration, relapse, repeat, repetition, replication). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نهضة (awakening, rebirth, renaissance, revival, rising), تجديد (innovation, modernization, newness, novelty, rebuilding, reconditioning, regeneration, rejuvenation, renovation, restoration, revival), تجدد النشاط, تجدد (be renewed, modernization, regenerate, regeneration, rejuvenate, rejuvenation, renaissance, renovation, repeat, resurrection, revival), إستئناف (appeal, plea, repetition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съживяване (renascense, renovation, resurgence, resurrection, revival, revivification), сменяване (removal, shifting), възстановяване (instauration, mending, reconstruction, recovery, recruitment, refund, reinstatement, renovation, repair, replacement, restitution, restoration, retrieval, revivification), възраждане (palingenesis, rebirth, renaissance, renascence, revival), обновление (regeneration, rejuvenation, renovation), подновяване (instauration, renewing, renovation, reproduction, restoration, resumption). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 更新 (renew, renewed, renewing, renovate, renovated, update, updating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | výmìna (change, exchange, replacement, reversal, shift, swap, switch, truck), prolongace, prodloužení (elongation, extension, prolongation), obnova (recovery, renaissance, resurgence), oživení (animation, upsurge), doplnìní. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | omstrukturering (rationalization, reconstruction, reorganization, re-shaping, restructuring), nystrukturering (re-shaping, restructuring), novation (novation), fornyelse (innovation, rejuvenation, renovation), forlænget lånetid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vernieuwing (novation), verlenging van de uitleentermijn, schuldvernieuwing, schuldhernieuwing, novatie, herstrukturering (re-shaping, restructuring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | تکرار (Frequency, Practice, Practise, Recapitulation, Reduplication, Rehearsal, Repeat, Repetition, Tautology, Use), تجدید (Repeat, Repetition, Restoration, Resumption, Revival), بازنوکنی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | uudelleen strukturointi (re-shaping, restructuring), saneeraus (rationalization, reconstruction, redevelopment, re-fitting, reorganization, slum clearance), lainan uusiminen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | renouvellement (remake, renovation, reorder, repeat, repeat order, repetition, replacement, replication), renouveau (revival), reconduction. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Erneuerung (changing, line restoration, novation, regeneration, renovation, replacement, restoration, revival). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ανανέωση (doing up, refresh, replacement, roll over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תחי" (rebirth, regeneration, renaissance, renascence, revival), שקום (reconstruction, rehabilitation, restoration), שפוץ (improvement, overhaul, reconditioning, refurbishing, renovation, repair), "תח"שות (renovation, repetition, resurrection). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megújítás (reform, reformation, renovation), felújítás (modernization, reconditioning, restoration, resurrection). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pembaruan (modernisation, reform, renovation), pembaharuan (innovation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | rinnovo (conversion, reconstruction, renovation, replacement, turnover, water renewal), rinnovamento (modernisation, modernization, regeneration, renovation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 新陳代謝 (metabolism, replacement), 更新 (innovation, renovation, update). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | たいしゃ (amnesty, Grand Shrine, leaving office, metabolism, red ocher, regeneration, resignation), リニューアル , し"ち"たいしゃ (metabolism, replacement), さいかふ (reissue), かりかえ (conversion, refunding), いっし" (complete change, first instance, first trial, one mind, one's own interests, oneself, reform, remodeling, restoration, the whole heart, throughout the body, wholeheartedness), "うし" (57th of the sexagenary cycle, accelerated, acceleration, backward, constancy, correspondence, developing, exasperated, exasperation, favorite courtier, filial devotion, innovation, labia, lips, march, meritorious retainer, one's junior, parade, red lips, renovation, rise, rising, spiritism, spiritualism, steadiness, telecommunications, update), "うかい (high seas, international waters, presenting to the public, public meeting, Red Sea, reform, regret, renovation, repentance, sail, voyage, Yellow Sea), "うし (calf, company, Confucius, Crown Prince, edict, exercise, filial child, firm, government and people, heir, hind leg, Imperial Heir, kind intention, kind thought, lattice, lecturer, man of noble character, minister, national examinations, official and personal, pearly white teeth, photon, public and private, public announcement, reform, slag, successor, use, young nobleman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 재생 (playback, recycling, regeneration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | aanoaghey (refresher, rejuvenate, renew, renovate, renovation), aachiaddey (renew). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | enewalray renovação (doing up, innovator, reconstruction, regeneration, renovation, reproduction, restoration, revival). (various references) renaştere (rebirth, renaissance, renascence, resurgence, revival), reluare (continuation, repeat, repetition, resumption, revival), reînnoire (palingenesis, redintegration, renovation, resumption), înlocuire (change, commutation, displacement, replacement, substitute, substitution). (various references) восстановление (compensation, rebuilding, reclamation, reconstruction, recovery, re-creation, redress, reduction, re-establishment, refreshment, refurbishment, rehabilitation, reinstatement, renovation, repair, reproduction, restitution, restoration, resurgence, retrieval). (various references) produženje (elongation, lengthening, prolongation, sequel), obnova (regeneration, renovation, restoration, restructuring). (various references) renovación (doing up, renovation, replacement, roll over). (various references) förnyelse (innovation, regeneration, renovation, revivification), förlängning (elongation, elonngation, extension, lengthening, prolongation). (various references) การกลับสู่ส าพเ"ิม (relapse, renewability). (various references) yenilenme (regeneration), yenileme (face lifting, instauration, novation, reconditioning, regeneration, renovation, restoration), uzatma (continuance, continuation, elongation, extending, extension, extratime, lengthening, prolongation, protraction, spread, stretch). (various references) реставрація (restoration), оновлення (renovation), поповнення (accession, addition, adjunction, recruitment, replacement, replenishment). (various references) sự tiếp tục lại, sự tái sinh sự thay mới, sự phụ h"i, sự nhắc lại (ingemination, repetition), sự nối lại, sự khôi phục, sự đổi mới sự l m lại. (various references) adnewyddiad (renovation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | gibil. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | instauratio, instaurationem, reconciliatione, renovamini, renovatio, resurrectio. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "renewal": renewals. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "renewal": nonrenewal. (additional references) | |
Words containing "renewal": nonrenewals. (additional references) | |
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"Renewal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Grunewald, Raynwell, renewell, renewer, Renihan, renual, Reynwell, Ronceval, roneval. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "renewal" (pronounced runuw"ul) |
| 3 | -uw" u l | accrual, crewel, cruel, dual, duel, fuel, gruel, jewel, nonaccrual, refuel. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-n-r-w" | |
-1 letter: leaner, weaner. | |
-2 letters: anele, laree, learn, newel, newer, ranee, renal, renew, rewan, waler. | |
-3 letters: alee, anew, awee, earl, earn, elan, erne, ewer, lane, lawn, lean, lear, leer, near, rale, real, reel, wale, wane, ware, warn, weal, wean, wear, weel, ween, weer, were, wren. | |
-4 letters: ale, ane, are, awe, awl, awn, ear, eel, era, ere. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-l-n-r-w" | |
+1 letter: renewals, treelawn. | |
+2 letters: renewable, renewably, treelawns, waterline. | |
+3 letters: alderwomen, answerable, enamelware, loungewear, newsdealer, nonrenewal, trawlermen, unwearable, waterlines, watermelon, wentletrap. | |
+4 letters: antiwelfare, candlepower, enamelwares, farewelling, newsdealers, nonrenewals, stonewaller, unweariedly, watermelons, wentletraps. | |
+5 letters: candlepowers, cartwheeling, lukewarmness, nonrenewable, renewability, stonewallers, unanswerable, unreviewable, wearifulness, workableness. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 6E 65 77 61 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . -. . .--. .- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01101110 01100101 01110111 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e n e w a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 006E 0065 0077 0061 006C |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)52718071896778 |
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