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Definition of financial, own, origin, try, cold, time, green, snake, pardon, cancer

 
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Definition of financial (adjective)
of or about the system that includes the use of money, credit, investments and banks

Examples
They've got financial problems.

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Definition of own (verb)
to have or possess for oneself

Examples
Now America Online owns ICQ.com which they purchased a few years ago at a price of more than 500 Million dollars.

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Definition of origin (noun)
the place where something starts, or the process by which it starts

Examples
A lot of people in the US are of European or Asian origin.

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Definition of try (verb)
to make an effort; to take court action against a person to decide if he or she is guilty or innocent of a crime

Examples
How many different methods have you tried to solve this problem?

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Definition of cold (adjective)
not warm; having or feeling great coolness or a low temperature

Examples
The winter is much colder than the summer.

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Definition of time (noun)
that which is measured in minutes, hours, days and years; a period that can be identified in hours and minutes and is shown on a clock; a period when an event should or will take place

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Due to time restraints we were not able to create a finished product.

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Definition of green (adjective)
having the color like that made by mixing yellow and blue; having the color like that of growing leaves and grass

Examples
The grass is green.

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Definition of snake (noun)
long thin animal with no legs, often having a poisonous bite

Examples
I'd like to have a snake.

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Definition of pardon (verb)
to forgive for a crime and release from punishment

Examples
I can't pardon this mistake.

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Definition of cancer (noun)
a disease in which dangerous cells grow quickly and destroy parts of the body

Examples
Cancer is an awful disease that can take on many forms and a large number of people die from it every year.

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