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empire

em·pire

UK/ˈɛmpaɪə/ US/ˈɛmpaɪɚ/ common uk

noun

1.

a collection of rules and procedures and conventions that define accepted accounting practice; includes broad guidelines as well as detailed procedures

2.

a group of countries under a single authority

  • “the British empire”
3.

a monarchy with an emperor as head of state

4.

a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization

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5.

an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple

Origin

From Middle English empire, from Old French empire, empere, from Latin imperium, inperium (“command, control, dominion, sovereignty, a dominion, empire”), from imperare, inperare (“to command, order”), from in (“in, on”) + parare (“to make ready, order”). Doublet of empery and imperium.

Phrases

  • Achaemenid Empire
  • Akkadian Empire
  • American Empire
  • Austrian Empire
  • Austro-Hungarian Empire
  • Aztec Empire
  • British Empire
  • Byzantine Empire

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