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• Foster care — is a system by which a certified, stand in parent(s) cares for minor children or young peoples who have been removed from their birth parents or other custodial adults by state authority.Responsibility for the young person is assumed by the… …   Wikipedia

• Foster Friess — Foster Stephen Friess (born April 2 1940 in Rice Lake, WI) is an American businessman and supporter of conservative Christian causes. In a 2001 article, BusinessWeek suggested Friess may be the longest surviving successful growth stock picker,… …   Wikipedia

• Foster — Fos ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fostered}, p. pr. & vb. n. {Fostering}.] [OE. fostren, fr. AS. f[=o]ster, f[=o]stor, food, nourishment, fr. f[=o]da food. [root]75. See {Food}.] 1. To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up. [1913 Webster] Some… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• growth — n. 1) to foster, promote growth 2) to retard, stunt growth 3) rapid; untrammeled; zero growth 4) economic; population growth (zero population growth) 5) (med.) a cancerous, malignant; inoperable; non cancerous, non malignant growth 6) (biology)… …   Combinatory dictionary

• foster — fosterer, n. fosteringly, adv. /faw steuhr, fos teuhr/, v.t. 1. to promote the growth or development of; further; encourage: to foster new ideas. 2. to bring up, raise, or rear, as a foster child. 3. to care for or cherish. 4. Brit. to place (a… …   Universalium

• growth — noun 1 increase in sth ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, exponential, significant, strong ▪ the exponential growth in world population ▪ high ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• growth */*/*/ — UK [ɡrəʊθ] / US [ɡroʊθ] noun Word forms growth : singular growth plural growths 1) [singular/uncountable] an increase in the number, size, or importance of something growth in: a substantial growth in the number of available jobs growth of: the… …   English dictionary

• foster — [[t]fɒ̱stə(r), AM fɔ͟ːst [/t]] fosters, fostering, fostered 1) ADJ: ADJ n Foster parents are people who officially take a child into their family for a period of time, without becoming the child s legal parents. The child is referred to as their… …   English dictionary

• foster — v. & adj. v.tr. 1 a promote the growth or development of. b encourage or harbour (a feeling). 2 (of circumstances) be favourable to. 3 a bring up (a child that is not one s own by birth). b Brit. (of a local authority etc.) assign (a child) to be …   Useful english dictionary

• Foster — v. & adj. v.tr. 1 a promote the growth or development of. b encourage or harbour (a feeling). 2 (of circumstances) be favourable to. 3 a bring up (a child that is not one s own by birth). b Brit. (of a local authority etc.) assign (a child) to be …   Useful english dictionary

• growth*/*/*/ — [grəʊθ] noun 1) [singular/U] an increase in the number, size, or importance of something We are entering a period of rapid population growth.[/ex] The annual rate of growth was 12 per cent.[/ex] the growth of the economy in the 19th century[/ex]… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English