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| NOUN: | 1. A commercial organization: business, company, concern, corporation, enterprise, establishment, firm2. Informal : outfit. See GROUP. 2. A group of people sharing common ancestry: clan, family, kindred, lineage, stock, tribe. Idioms: flesh and blood, kith and kin. See KIN. 3. A group of usually related people living together as a unit: family, household, ménage. See GROUP. 4. A building or shelter where one lives: abode, domicile, dwelling, habitation, home, lodging (often used in plural), place, residence. Chiefly British : dig (used in plural). See PROTECTION. | | VERB: | 1. To give refuge to: harbor, haven, shelter. See PROTECTION. 2. To provide with often temporary lodging: accommodate, bed (down), berth, bestow, billet, board, bunk1, domicile, harbor, lodge, put up, quarter, room. See PROTECTION. 3. To have as one's domicile, usually for an extended period: abide, domicile, dwell, live1, reside. See PLACE.
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