noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
changed...name by deed poll
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Steve changed his name by deed poll to Elvis Presley-Smith.
deed poll
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Steve changed his name by deed poll to Elvis Presley-Smith.
good deed for the day (= something good you try to do for someone else every day )
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Well, that’s my good deed for the day .
title deed
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
evil
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Endued with evenness of mind, one casts off in this very life both good deeds and evil deeds.
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It was Ariel who tortured Antonio and the king with visions that made them repent their evil deeds .
good
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So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
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Through it all, Tatum maintained his posture of mover and shaker, champion of democracy, doer of good deeds .
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Do good deeds now and the result will be a future of happiness and blessing.
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That piece of paper would be, no question, a good deed .
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Mr Chance, of Nunthorpe, Cleveland, is a charity worker extraordinaire whose good deeds are mostly connected with mental handicap.
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Endued with evenness of mind, one casts off in this very life both good deeds and evil deeds.
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But on waking she pushed these resolutely aside and stomped out to do her good deeds .
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But no good deed goes unpunished in noire crime stories.
great
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And more disturbingly for the other clubs with ambition, the display promises even greater deeds .
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Therese, who died of tuberculosis in 1897 at the age of 24, performed no great deeds while she was alive.
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In your conduct in battle you must be worthy of the great deeds of this regiment's history.
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Eisenhower had not been aggressive enough, he tended to compromise, he could not stir the nation to great deeds .
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No country has a monopoly on bravery; great deeds of heroism are liable to break out in the most unexpected places.
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There his trials began and his great deeds as well.
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He traveled to many lands and did many other great deeds .
heroic
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Wagner in his day had preached purity of heart and heroic deeds .
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The wicked characters are imprisoned, and Wilkin is made a captain for his heroic deed in battle.
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It would, to Rab, be an heroic deed if the man had fought.
title
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A restrictive clause in the title deed limited the land use to mission purposes.
■ NOUN
mortgage
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We would give the same construction to the comparable provisions in the other mortgage deeds .
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In the mortgage deed the respondents further covenanted that they would purchase all their requirements from the appellants exclusively.
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Accordingly, we would construe the guarantee and debenture in the same way that we have construed the mortgage deeds .
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In the Esso case, the restraint in a supply and purchase contract was reinforced in a mortgage deed .
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Again, the appropriate mortgage deed will be sewn into the back of the certificate.
partnership
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Again, prior planning under the partnership deed may provide for purchase of a deceased or retired partner's share by valuation.
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We can identify a formal partnership by the partnership deed .
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It is the partnership deed which regulates the various legal rights and duties of the partners as between themselves.
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The dissolution, taking an account of the distribution of assets, should normally be provided for in the partnership deed .
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Section 24 applies to all partnerships irrespective of the provisions of a given partnership deed .
poll
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I suggested that he might think of removing the last three syllables from his name, which he did by deed poll .
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After changing his name by deed poll to Captain Beany he needed a renewed passport to match his new identity.
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The Law Society will require evidence such as a marriage certificate, deed poll or statutory declaration.
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Like his new name, changed by deed poll nine years before.
trust
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Any new stock will need to be constituted by an appropriate trust deed or loan stock instrument.
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Under the trust deed I appoint a Government observer and am consulted on the appointment of the chairman.
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Trustees for the stockholders and eurobond holders are appointed under trust deeds .
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These trust deeds usually contain an expert clause about the remuneration of the trustee appointed under the deed.
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The terms of the trust will need to be documented and the trustee made a party to the trust deed .
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You can also ask to see a copy of the trust deed as well as the latest annual report and audited accounts.
■ VERB
change
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After changing his name by deed poll to Captain Beany he needed a renewed passport to match his new identity.
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Like his new name, changed by deed poll nine years before.
commit
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One of these so-respectable people had either committed the deed or engineered it.
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So then I would not be here today, to go back and commit the deed !
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And they, in turn, commit the same deed on those who stand in the way of what they want.
do
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She doesn't know that Pete, of all people, did the dreadful deed .
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The will maker can register it in person or send some one to do the deed .
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He thinks Washington can do good deeds and disagrees with Texas Sen.
perform
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It is their destiny to perform mighty deeds and shape the fate of kingdoms.
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He took uncommon risks, performed unlikely deeds .
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We tarried awhile to watch Messrs Anderson and Rowe perform doughty deeds with caber and shot on a pleasant summers day.
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Therese, who died of tuberculosis in 1897 at the age of 24, performed no great deeds while she was alive.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
deeds/acts etc of derring-do
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He grew up reading the tales and legends of heroic deeds.
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My grandfather signed the deed for this land.
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One day he will pay for his evil deeds.
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Parents can teach children their values by word and deed .
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Well, that's my good deed for the day.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For example, if the title deeds are left with the company, an equitable mortgagee by deposit will take priority.
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I may as well explain here why he did this much-criticized and desperate deed of daring....
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She has earned acclaim for both words and deeds.
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Something happens, a deed is done, and the consequences just go rolling on.
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Such monstrous deeds always angered the gods and they served him as he had served others.
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The atrocious deeds they'd committed!
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The gulf between words and deeds would, Bertinotti feared, be more self-destructive than any other course of action.
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When Medea knew the deed was done she turned her mind to one still more dreadful.