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• take the offensive — to begin to attack or fight against someone or something Opponents of the development project took the offensive and defeated the land sale. • • • Main Entry: ↑offensive * * * go on (to) the ofˈfensive | take the ofˈfensive idiom to start attack …   Useful english dictionary

• go on (to) the offensive — go on (to) the ofˈfensive | take the ofˈfensive idiom to start attacking sb/sth before they start attacking you Main entry: ↑offensiveidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• Fischer, Ruth — born Elfriede Eisler (1895 1961)    politician and journal ist; principal member of the KPD ultraleft wing, she led the Party in 1924 1925. Born to a middle class Jewish family in Leipzig, she was raised in Aus tria.* At Vienna, where her father… …   Historical dictionary of Weimar Republik

• Rhineland —    The terms of the Versailles Treaty* (Articles 42 13) forbade German troops and fortifications in the Rhineland or west of a line running fifty kilometers east of the Rhine River. Through the Rhineland Agreement of 28 June 1919 (separate from… …   Historical dictionary of Weimar Republik

• stock — physical items ( inventory) that a business uses in its production process or has for sale in the ordinary course of doing business. Glossary of Business Terms Ownership of a corporation indicated by shares, which represent a piece of the… …   Financial and business terms

• Merger — (1) Acquisition in which all assets and liabilities are absorbed by the buyer. (2) More generally, any combination of two companies. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * merger merg‧er [ˈmɜːdʒə ǁ ˈmɜːrdʒər] noun [countable] FINANCE an… …   Financial and business terms

• Stock — Ownership of a corporation which is represented by shares which represent a piece of the corporation s assets and earnings. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * ▪ I. stock stock 1 [stɒk ǁ stɑːk] noun 1. [countable, uncountable] especially… …   Financial and business terms

• merger — (1) acquisition in which all assets and liabilities ( liability) are absorbed by the buyer. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary (2) More generally, any combination of two companies. The firm s activity in this respect is sometimes called M&A (Merger… …   Financial and business terms

• charm offensive — charm of,fensive noun singular MAINLY JOURNALISM a series of actions intended to get people to like and trust you so that you can influence them …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• diddlo — adj British crazy, silly or unhinged, daft . An inof fensive Londoners word popularised by the ITV series Minder from the late 1970s. ► Right bunch of diddlos, this lot! (Minder, British TV series, 1986) …   Contemporary slang