Definition of consideration

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Consideration (n.) The act or process of considering; continuous careful thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation; attention.

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Prejudice :: Prejudice (n.) An opinion or judgment formed without due examination; prejudgment; a leaning toward one side of a question from other considerations than those belonging to it; an unreasonable predilection for, or objection against, anything; especially, an opinion or leaning adverse to anything, without just grounds, or before sufficient knowledge..
Hypothecation :: Hypothecation (n.) A contract whereby, in consideration of money advanced for the necessities of the ship, the vessel, freight, or cargo is made liable for its repayment, provided the ship arrives in safety. It is usually effected by a bottomry bond. See Bottomry..
Regard :: Regard (v. t.) Matter for consideration; account; condition.
Insurance :: Insurance (n.) The act of insuring, or assuring, against loss or damage by a contingent event; a contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, called premium, one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss by certain specified risks. Cf. Assurance, n., 6..
Postpone :: Postpone (v. t.) To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely..
Considerance :: Considerance (n.) Act of considering; consideration.
Point :: Point (n.) A small matter; a trifle; a least consideration; a punctilio.
Raise :: Raise (v. t.) To bring to notice; to submit for consideration; as, to raise a point of order; to raise an objection..
Agitation :: Agitation (n.) Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate..
Forasmuch :: Forasmuch (conj.) In consideration that; seeing that; since; because that; -- followed by as. See under For, prep..
Rank :: Rank (v. i.) To have a certain grade or degree of elevation in the orders of civil or military life; to have a certain degree of esteem or consideration; as, he ranks with the first class of poets; he ranks high in public estimation..
Contract :: Contract (n.) The agreement of two or more persons, upon a sufficient consideration or cause, to do, or to abstain from doing, some act; an agreement in which a party undertakes to do, or not to do, a particular thing; a formal bargain; a compact; an interchange of legal rights..
Consideringly :: Consideringly (adv.) With consideration or deliberation.
Superfine :: Superficies (n.) A real right consisting of a grant by a landed proprietor of a piece of ground, bearing a strong resemblance to the long building leases granted by landholders in England, in consideration of a rent, and under reservation of the ownership of the soil..
Proposer :: Proposer (n.) One who proposes or offers anything for consideration or adoption.
Mutuality :: Mutuality (n.) Reciprocity of consideration.
Consideration :: Consideration (n.) Claim to notice or regard; some degree of importance or consequence.
Somebody :: Somebody (n.) A person of consideration or importance.
Passage :: Passage (v. i.) In parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed..
Reconsider :: Reconsider (v. t.) To take up for renewed consideration, as a motion or a vote which has been previously acted upon..
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