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• acceptable alternative product — A product that may be used in place of another one for extended periods without technical advice …   Aviation dictionary

• Alternative medicine — Alternative medical systems …   Wikipedia

• Alternative culture — is a type of culture that exists outside or on the fringes of mainstream or popular culture, usually under the domain of one or more subcultures. These subcultures may have little or nothing in common besides their relative obscurity, but… …   Wikipedia

• Alternative dispute resolution — (ADR) includes dispute resolution processes and techniques that fall outside of the government judicial process. Despite historic resistance to ADR by both parties and their advocates, ADR has gained widespread acceptance among both the general… …   Wikipedia

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• acceptable — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove, seem ▪ become ▪ make sth ▪ an attempt to make the reforms acceptable to both sides ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• Acceptable loss — An acceptable loss is a sacrifice that is deemed an acceptable cost of doing business. For instance, a church may deem the loss of members who disagree with an evangelical shift to be acceptable if the alternative is to forgo other goals.… …   Wikipedia

• alternative — alternate, alternative 1. Both words are adjectives and nouns and come from Latin alternus meaning ‘every second’ and have had closely related meanings over several centuries of usage. Now however, there is a clear distinction which needs to be… …   Modern English usage

• alternative — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ attractive, effective, good, radical ▪ acceptable, reasonable, suitable ▪ available …   Collocations dictionary

• Alternative names for the British — This article is about terms applied to people, some of which are controversial. For a discussion of the overlapping terms for states/countries/nations in the United Kingdom and Ireland, see British Isles (terminology). Alternative names for the… …   Wikipedia

• alternative — adj. & n. adj. 1 (of one or more things) available or usable instead of another (an alternative route). Usage: Use with reference to more than two options (e.g. many alternative methods) is common, and acceptable. 2 (of two things) mutually… …   Useful english dictionary