The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
paroled
simple past tense and past participle of parole
• Leopard, leopard, preload
Source: Wiktionary
Pa*role", n. Etym: [F. parole. See Parley, and cf. Parol.]
1. A word; an oral utterance. [Obs.]
2. Word of promise; word of honor; plighted faith; especially (Mil.), promise, upon one's faith and honor, to fulfill stated conditions, as not to bear arms against one's captors, to return to custody, or the like. This man had forfeited his military parole. Macaulay.
3. (Mil.)
Definition: A watchword given only to officers of guards; -- distinguished from countersign, which is given to all guards.
4. (Law)
Definition: Oral declaration. See lst Parol, 2.
Pa*role", a.
Definition: See 2d Parol.
Pa*role", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paroled; p. pr. & vb. n. Paroling.] (Mil.)
Definition: To set at liberty on parole; as, to parole prisoners.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.