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house

  [n., adj. hous; v. houz] noun, plural hous⋅es  [hou-ziz] , verb, housed, hous⋅ing, adjective
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–noun
1. a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
2. a household.
3. (often initial capital letter) a family, including ancestors and descendants: the great houses of France; the House of Hapsburg.
4. a building for any purpose: a house of worship.
5. a theater, concert hall, or auditorium: a vaudeville house.
6. the audience of a theater or the like.
7. a place of shelter for an animal, bird, etc.
8. the building in which a legislative or official deliberative body meets.
9. (initial capital letter) the body itself, esp. of a bicameral legislature: the House of Representatives.
10. a quorum of such a body.
11. (often initial capital letter) a commercial establishment; business firm: the House of Rothschild; a publishing house.
12. a gambling casino.
13. the management of a commercial establishment or of a gambling casino: rules of the house.
14. an advisory or deliberative group, esp. in church or college affairs.
15. a college in an English-type university.
16. a residential hall in a college or school; dormitory.
17. the members or residents of any such residential hall.
18. Informal. a brothel; whorehouse.
19. British. a variety of lotto or bingo played with paper and pencil, esp. by soldiers as a gambling game.
20. Also called parish. Curling. the area enclosed by a circle 12 or 14 ft. (3.7 or 4.2 m) in diameter at each end of the rink, having the tee in the center.
21. Nautical. any enclosed shelter above the weather deck of a vessel: bridge house; deck house.
22. Astrology. one of the 12 divisions of the celestial sphere, numbered counterclockwise from the point of the eastern horizon.
–verb (used with object)
23. to put or receive into a house, dwelling, or living quarters: More than 200 students were housed in the dormitory.
24. to give shelter to; harbor; lodge: to house flood victims in schools.
25. to provide with a place to work, study, or the like: This building houses our executive staff.
26. to provide storage space for; be a receptacle for or repository of: The library houses 600,000 books.
27. to remove from exposure; put in a safe place.
28. Nautical.
a. to stow securely.
b. to lower (an upper mast) and make secure, as alongside the lower mast.
c. to heave (an anchor) home.
29. Carpentry.
a. to fit the end or edge of (a board or the like) into a notch, hole, or groove.
b. to form (a joint) between two pieces of wood by fitting the end or edge of one into a dado of the other.
–verb (used without object)
30. to take shelter; dwell.
–adjective
31. of, pertaining to, or noting a house.
32. for or suitable for a house: house paint.
33. of or being a product made by or for a specific retailer and often sold under the store's own label: You'll save money on the radio if you buy the house brand.
34. served by a restaurant as its customary brand: the house wine.
—Idioms
35. bring down the house, to call forth vigorous applause from an audience; be highly successful: The children's performances brought down the house.
36. clean house. clean (def. 48).
37. dress the house, Theater.
a. to fill a theater with many people admitted on free passes; paper the house.
b. to arrange or space the seating of patrons in such a way as to make an audience appear larger or a theater or nightclub more crowded than it actually is.
38. keep house, to maintain a home; manage a household.
39. like a house on fire or afire, very quickly; with energy or enthusiasm: The new product took off like a house on fire.
40. on the house, as a gift from the management; free: Tonight the drinks are on the house.
41. put or set one's house in order,
a. to settle one's affairs.
b. to improve one's behavior or correct one's faults: It is easy to criticize others, but it would be better to put one's own house in order first.
Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME h(o)us, OE hūs; c. D huis, LG huus, ON hūs, G Haus, Goth -hūs (in gudhūs temple); (v.) ME housen, OE hūsian, deriv. of the n.

Synonyms:
1. domicile. House, dwelling, residence, home are terms applied to a place to live in. Dwelling is now chiefly poetic, or used in legal or technical contexts, as in a lease or in the phrase multiple dwelling. Residence is characteristic of formal usage and often implies size and elegance of structure and surroundings: the private residence of the king. These two terms and house have always had reference to the structure to be lived in. Home has recently taken on this meaning and become practically equivalent to house, the new meaning tending to crowd out the older connotations of family ties and domestic comfort. See also hotel.
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bring   (brĭng)   
tr.v.   brought (brôt), bring·ing, brings

  1. To carry, convey, lead, or cause to go along to another place: brought enough money with me.

  2. To carry as an attribute or contribution: You bring many years of experience to your new post.

  3. To lead or force into a specified state, situation, or location: bring the water to a boil; brought the meeting to a close.

    1. To persuade; induce: The defendant's testimony brought others to confess.

    2. To get the attention of; attract: Smoke and flames brought the neighbors.

    3. To reveal or expose: brought out the facts.

    4. To introduce (a debutante) to society.

  5. To cause to occur as a consequence or concomitant: Floods brought destruction to the valley. For many, the fall brings hayfever.

  6. To cause to become apparent to the mind; recall: This music brings back memories.

  7. Law To advance or set forth (charges) in a court.

  8. To sell for: a portrait that brought a million dollars.

  9. To cause to adopt an opinion or take a certain course of action.

  10. To cause to recover consciousness.

  11. To cause to fall or collapse.

  12. To kill.

  13. To give rise to; produce: plants bringing forth fruit.

  14. To give birth to (young).

  15. To present; produce: bring forward proof.

  16. Accounting To carry (a sum) from one page or column to another.

  17. Law To give or submit (a verdict) to a court.

  18. To produce, yield, or earn (profits or income).

    1. To reveal or expose: brought out the facts.

    2. To introduce (a debutante) to society.

  20. To produce or publish: bring out a new book.

  21. To nurture and develop (a quality, for example) to best advantage: You bring out the best in me.

  22. To cause to recover consciousness.

  23. Nautical To cause (a ship) to turn into the wind or come to a stop.

  24. To take care of and educate (a child); rear.

  25. To introduce into discussion; mention.

  26. To vomit.

  27. To cause to come to a sudden stop.

Phrasal Verb(s):
bring around/round

  1. To cause to adopt an opinion or take a certain course of action.

  2. To cause to recover consciousness.

bring down

  1. To cause to fall or collapse.

  2. To kill.

bring forth

  1. To give rise to; produce: plants bringing forth fruit.

  2. To give birth to (young).

bring forward

  1. To present; produce: bring forward proof.

  2. Accounting To carry (a sum) from one page or column to another.

bring in

  1. Law To give or submit (a verdict) to a court.

  2. To produce, yield, or earn (profits or income).

bring offTo accomplish: bring off a successful advertising campaign.
bring onTo cause to appear: brought on the dessert.
bring out

    1. To reveal or expose: brought out the facts.

    2. To introduce (a debutante) to society.

  2. To produce or publish: bring out a new book.

  3. To nurture and develop (a quality, for example) to best advantage: You bring out the best in me.

bring to

  1. To cause to recover consciousness.

  2. Nautical To cause (a ship) to turn into the wind or come to a stop.

bring up

  1. To take care of and educate (a child); rear.

  2. To introduce into discussion; mention.

  3. To vomit.

  4. To cause to come to a sudden stop.


Idiom(s):
bring down the houseTo win overwhelming approval from an audience.

Idiom(s):
bring homeTo make perfectly clear: a lecture that brought home several important points.

Idiom(s):
bring home the bacon

  1. To earn a living, especially for a family.

  2. To achieve desired results; have success.


Idiom(s):
bring to bear

  1. To exert; apply: bring pressure to bear on the student's parents.

  2. To put (something) to good use: "All of one's faculties are brought to bear in an effort to become fully incorporated into the landscape" (Barry Lopez).


Idiom(s):
bring to lightTo reveal or disclose: brought the real facts to light.

Idiom(s):
bring to mindTo cause to be remembered: Thoughts of fishing brought to mind our youth.

Idiom(s):
bring to (one's) kneesTo reduce to a position of subservience or submission.

Idiom(s):
bring to termsTo force (another) to agree.

Idiom(s):
bring up the rearTo be the last in a line or sequence.

[Middle English bringen, from Old English bringan; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.]
bring'er n.
Usage Note: In most dialects of American English bring is used to denote motion toward the place of speaking or the place from which the action is regarded: Bring it over here. The prime minister brought a large retinue to Washington with her. Take is used to denote motion away from such a place: Take it over there. The President will take several advisers with him when he goes to Moscow. When the relevant point of focus is not the place of speaking itself, the difference obviously depends on the context. We can say either The labor leaders brought or took their requests to the mayor's office, depending on whether we want to describe things from the point of view of the labor leaders or the mayor. Perhaps for this reason, the distinction between bring and take has been blurred in some areas; a parent may say of a child, for example, She always takes a pile of books home with her from school. This usage may sound curious to those who are accustomed to observe the distinction more strictly, but it bears no particular stigma of incorrectness or illiteracy. · The form brung is common in colloquial use in many areas, even among educated speakers, but it is not standard in formal writing.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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house

An organization that acts as a broker-dealer or an underwriter.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: house
Function: noun
1 a : a building (as a single or multiple family house, apartment, or hotel room) serving as living quarters and usually including the curtilage b : a building (as one's residence or a locked place of business) in which one is entitled to protection (as from warrantless searches and seizures) under the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
2 a : a legislative assembly esp. that constitutes a division of a bicameral body houses shall be determined by yeas and nays —U.S. Constitution article I> b : the building or chamber where such an assembly meets c : a quorum of such an assembly
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Idioms & Phrases

bring down the house

Also, bring the house down. Evoke tumultuous applause and cheers, as in Her solo brought the house down. This hyperbolic term suggests noise loud enough to pose a threat to the buildingan unlikely occurrence. In the late 1800s, British music-hall comedians punned on it: when the audience greeted a joke with silence, they said, "Don't clap so hard; you'll bring down the house (it's a very old house)." [Mid-1700s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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