n.
1) a call ( BE ), telephone ( BE ) ~
2) a letter ( BE ) ~, mail~ ( AE ), pillar ( BE ) ~
3) a signal ~ ( BE ; AE has signal tower )
4) (ice hockey) a penalty ~
5) a witness ~ ( BE ; AE has witness stand )
6) a music ( AE ), musical ( BE ) ~
7) a prompt ( BE ), prompter's ( AE ) ~
8) a shooting ~ ( BE ; CE has hunting lodge )
9) a black ~ ('electronic recording device')
10) a jewelry; lunch; spice ~
11) a poor ~ (in a church)
12) a press ~ (for journalists)
13) a safe-deposit ~
14) ( BE ) a Christmas ~ ('a Christmas gift')
15) a suggestion ~
16) a fire-alarm ~
17) (slang) ( BE ) on the ~ ('on television')