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• chair — ▪ I. chair chair 1 [tʆeə ǁ tʆer] noun [singular] 1. COMMERCE the person who is in charge of a meeting, or the job of being in charge of it: • the Chair of the plenary session • If you have strong feelings about a situation, declare an interest… …   Financial and business terms

• chair — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. chairperson, man, or woman, convenor, coordinator, moderator, speaker, master of ceremonies, MC, emcee, toastmaster, roastmaster (sl.); seat (See furniture); professorship, judgeship, fellowship. See… …   English dictionary for students

• chair — ► NOUN 1) a separate seat for one person, with a back and four legs. 2) the person in charge of a meeting or an organization. 3) a professorship. 4) (the chair) US short for ELECTRIC CHAIR(Cf. ↑electric chair). ► …   English terms dictionary

• chair — chairless, adj. /chair/, n. 1. a seat, esp. for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms. 2. something that serves as a chair or supports like a chair: The two men clasped hands… …   Universalium

• chair — n. & v. n. 1 a separate seat for one person, of various forms, usu. having a back and four legs. 2 a a professorship (offered the chair in physics). b a seat of authority, esp. on a board of directors. c a mayoralty. 3 a a chairperson. b the seat …   Useful english dictionary

• chair — [[t]tʃɛər[/t]] n. 1) fur a seat, esp. for one person having four legs for support, a rest for the back, and often rests for the arms 2) a seat of office or authority 3) a position of authority, as of a judge or professor 4) the person occupying a …   From formal English to slang

• chair — noun 1》 a separate seat for one person, typically with a back and four legs. 2》 the person in charge of a meeting or an organization (used as a neutral alternative to chairman or chairwoman).     ↘the role of a chairperson. 3》 a professorship. 4》 …   English new terms dictionary

• chair — 1. noun /tʃɛə(ɹ),tʃɛɹ/ a) An item of furniture used to sit on or in comprising a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench …   Wiktionary

• Electric chair — Execution by electrocution (usually referred to, after its method of implementation, as the Electric Chair) is an execution method originating in the United States in which the person being put to death is strapped to a specially built wooden… …   Wikipedia

• Legal Services Act 2007 — Infobox UK Legislation short title=Legal Services Act 2007 parliament=United Kingdom Parliament long title=An Act to make provision for the establishment of the Legal Services Board and in respect of its functions; to make provision for, and in… …   Wikipedia

• Community Reinvestment Act — The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA, Pub.L. 95 128, title VIII of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1977, 91 Stat. 1147, 12 U.S.C. § 2901 et seq.) is a United States federal law designed to encourage commercial… …   Wikipedia