The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
residences
plural of residence
Source: Wiktionary
Res"i*dence (rz"-dens), n. Etym: [F. résidence. See Resident.]
1. The act or fact of residing, abiding, or dwelling in a place for some continuance of time; as, the residence of an American in France or Italy for a year. The confessor had often made considerable residences in Normandy. Sir M. Hale.
2. The place where one resides; an abode; a dwelling or habitation; esp., a settled or permanent home or domicile. "Near the residence of Posthumus." Shak. Johnson took up his residence in London. Macaulay.
3. (Eng.Eccl.Law)
Definition: The residing of an incumbent on his benefice; -- opposed to nonresidence.
4. The place where anything rests permanently. But when a king sets himself to bandy against the highest court and residence of all his regal power, he then, . . . fights against his own majesty and kingship. Milton.
5. Subsidence, as of a sediment. [Obs.] Bacon.
6. That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
Syn.
– Domiciliation; sojourn; stay; abode; home; dwelling; habitation; domicile; mansion.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 June 2024
(verb) include or contain; have as a component; “A totally new idea is comprised in this paper”; “The record contains many old songs from the 1930’s”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.