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  • 11Nature worship — Nature Na ture (?; 135), n. [F., fr. L. natura, fr. natus born, produced, p. p. of nasci to be born. See {Nation}.] 1. The existing system of things; the universe of matter, energy, time and space; the physical world; all of creation. Contrasted… …

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  • 12debt swap — noun A financial transaction in which debt liabilities are exchanged with the aim of profiting from differing rates • • • Main Entry: ↑debt * * * (also debt for nature swap) n. a transaction in which a foreign exchange debt owed by a developing… …

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  • 13Debt-Conversion-Programm — Umschuldungsmaßnahmen zur Lösung der Schuldenkrise: (1) Der Rückkauf von Auslandsschulden mit Abschlag gegen Devisen wird als Debt Buy Back bezeichnet. (2) Ein Schuldentausch mit Abschlägen gegenüber dem Nennwert der ursprünglichen Schuld wird… …

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  • 14Nature Conservancy — Nonprofit organization dedicated to environmental conservation and the preservation of biodiversity, founded in 1951, that operates the largest private system of nature sanctuaries in the world. It owns and manages more than 1,500 preserves… …

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  • 15Nature's services — is an umbrella term for the ways in which nature benefits humans, particularly those benefits that can be measured in economic terms. Robert Costanza and other theorists of natural capital conducted extensive economic analysis of nature s… …

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  • 16pay the debt of nature — Die, expire, pass away, depart this life, breathe one s last, end one s days, be no more, give up the ghost, join the majority, go to one s long account, shuffle off this mortal coil, take one s last sleep, go down into silence …

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  • 17Bond debt — Debt Debt, n. [OE. dette, F. dette, LL. debita, fr. L. debitus owed, p. p. of debere to owe, prop., to have on loan; de + habere to have. See {Habit}, and cf. {Debit}, {Due}.] 1. That which is due from one person to another, whether money, goods …

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  • 18Book debt — Debt Debt, n. [OE. dette, F. dette, LL. debita, fr. L. debitus owed, p. p. of debere to owe, prop., to have on loan; de + habere to have. See {Habit}, and cf. {Debit}, {Due}.] 1. That which is due from one person to another, whether money, goods …

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  • 19Good nature — Nature Na ture (?; 135), n. [F., fr. L. natura, fr. natus born, produced, p. p. of nasci to be born. See {Nation}.] 1. The existing system of things; the universe of matter, energy, time and space; the physical world; all of creation. Contrasted… …

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  • 20Ill nature — Nature Na ture (?; 135), n. [F., fr. L. natura, fr. natus born, produced, p. p. of nasci to be born. See {Nation}.] 1. The existing system of things; the universe of matter, energy, time and space; the physical world; all of creation. Contrasted… …

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