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  2. Pound sterling - Wikipedia

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    The English word pound derives from the Latin expression lībra pondō, in which lībra is a noun meaning 'pound' and pondō is a noun, in the ablative case, meaning 'by weight'. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] Symbol

  3. Backbencher - Wikipedia

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    Opposition backbenches in the British House of Commons chamber. In Westminster and other parliamentary systems, a backbencher is a member of parliament (MP) or a legislator who occupies no governmental office and is not a frontbench spokesperson in the Opposition, being instead simply a member of the "rank and file".

  4. Geordie - Wikipedia

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    That does not mean that Geordie has undergone the weak vowel merger because /ɪ/ can still be found in some unstressed syllables in place of the more usual /ə/. An example of that is the second syllable of seven /ˈsɛvɪn/, but it can also be pronounced with a simple schwa /ə/ instead.

  5. Crossing of cheques - Wikipedia

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    A crossed cheque generally is a cheque that only bears two parallel transverse lines, optionally with the words 'and company' or '& Co.' (or any abbreviation of them) [clarification needed] on the face of the cheque, between the lines, usually at the top left corner or at any place in the approximate half (in width) of the cheque. [2]

  6. Kash Patel - Wikipedia

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    Kashyap Pramod "Kash" Patel (born February 25, 1980) [1] is an American attorney and former government official. He served as a U.S. National Security Council official, senior advisor to the acting Director of National Intelligence, and chief of staff to the acting United States secretary of defense during the Trump presidency.

  7. Credit card - Wikipedia

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    What is called a credit card in the United States - meaning the customer has a bill to pay at the end of the month - does not exist in the French banking system. A debit card debits the customer's account as the transaction is made, while a credit card debits it at the end of the month automatically, making it impossible to fall into debt by ...

  8. Online casino - Wikipedia

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    In 2014, the UK government put into law the Gambling Act of 2014 which in addition to the original 2005 law, required offshore online gambling operators catering to UK players to obtain a UK license. The new regulation required operators to pay a 15% Place of Consumption Tax (POCT), something that triggered an exodus of sorts of some operators ...

  9. Freedom of the City - Wikipedia

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    This practice is a variation on the freedom of the city tradition, and has a similar symbolic meaning; evoking medieval walled cities, the gates of which would be guarded during the day and locked at night, the key symbolises the freedom of the recipient to enter and leave the city at will, as a trusted friend of city residents. [23]