fixedadj.
/fɪkst/, U.S. /fɪkst/ 1.
a. Placed or attached firmly; fastened securely; made firm or stable in position.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > stable > firmly fixed
steadfast993
fastOE
rootfastlOE
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well-rooted1340
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surec1400
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the world > space > place > position or situation > [adjective] > having a (specified) position > made firm and stable in position
fixed1577
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > [adjective] > in position
fixed1577
depact1634
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 179v The fixed, or standing Hyues, be discommodious.
1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 iii. ii. 317 Bitter termes Deliuered strongly through my fixed teeth.
1647 A. Cowley Inconstancy in Mistress The most fixt Being still does move and fly.
1694 Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) ii. 51 Where the firm or fixed Ice lies.
1805 T. Lindley Voy. Brasil (1808) 273 By means of two fixed pieces of wood.
1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 118 Fixed blocks, those blocks that come through the sides and are bolted, as the sheet, tack, and brace blocks.
1882 G. M. Minchin Uniplanar Kinematics 71 When a body, M, rolls on a fixed surface, AB.
b. Heraldry. Of a cross: Having its limbs attached to the edges of the escutcheon: = firme adj.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > cross > [adjective] > attached to sides of shield
entire1688
firme1688
fixed1688
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. v. §31 A Cross Patee Entyre (or Fixed or Firme)..This term (Fixed, or Entyre) must be added, to shew that..they are joyned to the sides of the Escochion.
1828–40 W. Berry Encycl. Her. I. (at cited word) Crosses which are usually borne in the centre of the escocheon without extending to the sides, when attached thereto are termed fixed, as a cross pattée fixed.
2. In immaterial sense: Firmly attached or implanted; securely established; secured against alteration or dislodgement. In early use often (now rarely) of persons: Firmly resolved; constant, steadfast; bent, set, or intent upon anything. fixed idea n. [French idée fixe] an idea firmly rooted in the brain, with a tendency to become unduly dominant. fixed fact n. U.S. a well-established fact.
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the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adjective]
fasteOE
stathelfasteOE
anredOE
hardOE
starkOE
trueOE
steadfast993
fastredeOE
stithc1000
findyOE
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stathelyc1275
stiffc1275
stablec1290
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stably13..
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constantc1386
abidingc1400
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permanent?a1475
stalwartc1480
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stout1569
unwavering1570
undiscourageable1571
fixed1574
discourageable1576
unappalled1578
resolute1579
unremoved1583
resolved1585
unflexiblea1586
unshakeda1586
square1589
unstooping1597
iron1598
rocky1601
steady1602
undeclinable1610
unboweda1616
unfainting1615
unswayed1615
staunch1624
undiscourageda1628
staid1631
unshook1633
blue?1636
true blue?1636
tenacious1640
uncomplying1643
yieldless1651
riveting1658
unshakened1659
inconquerable1660
unyielding1677
unbendinga1688
tight1690
unswerving1694
unfaltering1727
unsubmitting1730
undeviating1732
undrooping1736
impervertible1741
undamped1742
undyingc1765
sturdy1775
stiff as a poker1798
unfickle1802
indivertible1821
thick and thin1822
undisheartened1827
inconvertible1829
straightforward1829
indomitable1830
stickfast1831
unsuccumbing1833
unturnable1847
unswerved1849
undivertible1856
unforsaking1862
swerveless1863
steeve1870
rock-ribbed1884
stiff in the back1897
the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adjective]
truea1225
certain1297
standing1457
surec1475
stable1481
finite1493
resident1525
determinate1526
staid?1541
constantc1550
undiscomfitablea1555
inveterate1563
sound1565
unwanderinga1569
fixed1574
undisturbable1577
wishly1578
unremovable1579
inveterated1597
immoved1599
rigid1610
staple1621
consistent1648
irradicable1728
incoercible1756
hard and fast1822
unstrangulable1824
lockstep1831
statical1853
static1856
flatline1946
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > [noun] > obsessive
fixed idea1829
idée fixe1836
complex1907
fixation1963
the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > libido > obsession > [noun] > obsessive idea
fixed idea1829
idée fixe1836
fixation1910
the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > act of convincing, conviction > [noun] > firm opinion, conviction > dominating
possession1728
cheval de bataille1818
fixed idea1829
idée fixe1836
King Charles's head1865
fixation1963
1574 J. Baret Aluearie F 604 Mindes certainely fixed, to trie the matter by dent of sworde.
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xlv. sig. Q2v How fixt hee was to Ionathan?
1655 E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 348 This man is..a fast fixt Catholike.
1675 tr. W. Camden Hist. Princess Elizabeth (rev. ed.) iii. 385 A Lady fixed and constant in her Religion.
1706 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 7 Mar. A Man of no fixt Resolution.
1712 A. Pope Rape of Locke ii, in Misc. Poems 370 Not half so fixt the Trojan cou'd remain, While Anna begg'd.
1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 32 I defy thee! with a calm, fixed mind.
1829 H. C. Robinson Diary 13 Aug. (1967) 102 [Goethe] repeated..one of his fixed ideas that it is by the most laborious collection of facts that even a poetical view of nature is to be corrected.
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. iv. 81/2 A deadly fear of Population possesses the Hofrath; something like a fixed-idea.
1847 Boston Post June That he did dispose of a large quantity of oil, and afterwards desert from the vessel are fixed facts.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 165 For all persecution he felt a fixed aversion.
1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) I. i. 4 Philip..seemed to become..more fixed in his determination.
1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. vii. 153 The fixed purpose of raising forces.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 28 The lawgiver..was a fixed idea in the mind of the Greek.
3. quasi-adverb.a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Richard II clxviii, in Poems (1878) III. 179 Kites..cannot looke the Sun fixt in the face.
a. Of a person's eyes, thoughts, etc.: Steadily or intently directed towards or ‘fastened’ upon an object.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > [adjective] > fixed
fixed1552
engraved1557
inviscerate1648
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [adjective] > staring > fixed or steady
steadfasta1300
straightc1540
fixed1552
riveted1807
steadya1822
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > [adjective] > observing closely > of gaze, etc.
intentivec1386
fixed1552
searching1597
intent1606
intented1633
unwrested1712
unwandering1740
inspecting1788
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Fixed, intentus.
1616 G. Chapman tr. Musaeus Divine Poem 358 A tower so high, As soon would lose on it the fixedst eye.
1655 J. Denham Coopers Hill (new ed.) 6 But my fixt thoughts my wandring eye betrays.
1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiii. 35 All, but Ulysses, heard with fix'd delight.
1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest II. viii. 25 He regarded her with a fixed attention.
1846 J. C. Hare Mission of Comforter I. 124 Disease and death are glaring with fixt eyes upon them.
b. Of a person, his countenance, etc.: Made rigid or immobile (as by strong emotion or resolution, or in death).
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the mind > will > decision > [adjective] > fixed (of face, eyes, etc.)
fixed1608
1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 67 That Vertue is but weake..that cannot with a fixed countenance out-stare the threatening eye of Danger.
1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. i.3 Looking up to her fixed countenance.
1828 C. Lamb Blakesmoor in Elia 2nd Ser. 171 As fixed and motionless as the marble effigies that kneel..around thee.
1833 H. Martineau Manch. Strike (new ed.) x. 109 The papers in his hand shook; but his countenance was fixed and his attitude firm.
1888 W. Black In Far Lochaber III. viii Her eyes..were fixed and staring.
4.
a. Deprived of volatility. †fixed air n. a name given by Black in 1754 to carbonic dioxide (carbonic acid); see air n.1 9.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [adjective] > of or relating to reactivity > non-volatile
fixed1767
gaseous1783
involatile1869
the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > organic acids > [noun] > carbonic acid
aerial acid1686
fixable air1767
fixed air1767
1767 H. Cavendish in Philos. Trans. 1766 (Royal Soc.) 56 141 By fixed air, I mean that particular species of factitious air, which is separated from alkaline substances by solution in acids or by calcination.
1807 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. (ed. 3) II. 187 To this species of air he gave the name of fixed air, because it existed in these bodies in a fixed state.
b. Not easily volatilized; not losing weight under the influence of fire. fixed alkali n. ‘the hydrates of the metals potassium, sodium, lithium (etc.)’. †fixed nitre n. = potassium carbonate.
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the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > [adjective] > of or relating to elements > properties > fixed
fixed1651
1651 J. French Art Distillation v. 171 Little fixed salt can be extracted from them, onely volatile.
1658 G. Starkey Pyrotechny 126 Alcoolization is a feeding, or imbibing, or circulation a fixt Alcaly with a volatile Spirit.
1669 R. Boyle Contin. New Exper. Physico-mech. (1682) ii. 135 I put Aqua Fortis with fixed Nitre into a Receiver.
1685 R. Boyle Exper. Disc. Salubr. Air 111 in Ess. Effects Motion The fixedest of Metals, Gold itself.
1693 J. Clayton in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 944 The fixeder Saline Particles of the Marine Salt.
1727 P. Shaw tr. Dispensatory Royal Coll. Physicians Edinb. 255 The precipitant; which being a fix'd alkali, directs the use and exhibition of the precipitate.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Of all Metals, Gold and Silver alone are fix'd; i. e. remaining a long time exposed to the most intense Flame; they alone lose nothing of their Weight.
1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §8 Fixed salts are much the same in all bodies.
1757 A. Cooper Compl. Distiller i. i. 6 Only a fixed husky Matter remains.
1799 J. Girvin Impolicy prohib. Export. Rock Salt 5 They reckon all these salts, when pure, to be of the same sort, composed of the Marine Acid, and of the Mineral fixed Alkali.
1801 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 91 205 The fixed alkalis..cannot dispossess the hydrate of copper of its water.
1813 H. Davy Elements Agric. Chem. i. 17 The fixed alkalies which were formerly regarded as elementary bodies, it has been my good fortune to decompose.
1830 M. Faraday Exper. Res. xxxiv. 207 Mercury is volatile at temperatures above 30° but fixed at temperatures below 20°.
1881 S. W. Johnson tr. C. R. Fresenius Man. Qualitative Chem. Anal. 87 Calcium carbonate for use as a flux, must be free from salts of the fixed alkalies.
1955 Chem. Engin. Sci. 4 247/2 [The chapter on] Fixed Alkalis deals with the manufacture of soda ash and its caustication.
c. Of acids and oils: That cannot be distilled or evaporated without decomposition.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical properties > [adjective] > of or relating to miscellaneous other properties
sweet1666
nimble1671
watery1741
unvitriolized1757
greedy1758
unneutralized1758
unvitrifiable1758
free1783
fixed1800
nascent1800
inorganic1831
assimilative1837
unnitrogenized1846
inactive1848
kaligenous1854
unacceptant1866
aggressive1888
oligodynamic1893
chromotropic1899
undissociated1899
osmophoric1901
thermochromic1904
unary1923
non-stoichiometric1943
odoriphoric1944
slow-release1946
sonoluminescent1961
uniaxial1965
1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. II. xlix. 215 Fixed oils.
1805 W. Saunders Treat. Mineral Waters (ed. 2) 324 The iron is held in union with a fixed acid.
1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 139 Oils..are divided by Chemists into two kinds; fixed or fat oils, and volatile or essential oils.
1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 206 The Fixed Oils..are so called because they do not almost entirely evaporate in drying.
5. Of a colour, photographic image, etc.: Fast, lasting, permanent. Said also of the photographic plate.
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the world > matter > colour > colouring > dyeing > [adjective] > fast dyed
in grainc1386
grained1455
engrained1598
fast1658
standing1716
ingrain1766
fixed1791
fast-dyed1815
colourfast1851
wash-fast1963
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > [adjective] > of images or plates
fixed1888
1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. Introd. 10 Mordants [serve] to render the colour more fixed.
1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 43 Colours which are dyed in this way become fixed.
1888 W. de W. Abney Instruct. Photogr. (ed. 8) xxii. 190 The plate is known to be fixed by looking at the back of it, which should appear black.
1888 W. de W. Abney Instruct. Photogr. (ed. 8) xxxv. 278 When the prints are fixed they will appear colourless in the whites.
6. 1778 Philos. Trans. 1777 (Royal Soc.) 67 844 In the following pages we have thrown together the practical rules, which we would recommend to be observed in adjusting the fixed points of thermometers.1849 R. V. Dixon Treat. Heat I. 10 Sir Isaac Newton first pointed out the advantage to be obtained by this method of graduating temperature scales, and at the same time proposed as the fixed points in the graduation the temperatures of melting ice and boiling water.1966 Units & Standards of Measurement: Temperature (H.M.S.O.) (ed. 2) 3 The International Practical Scale of Temperature is based on six reproducible temperatures (defining fixed points) to which numerical values are assigned and on formulae establishing the relation between the temperature and the indications of instruments calibrated by means of the values assigned to the six defining fixed points.1893 A. R. Forsyth Theory Functions Complex Variable xix. 514 If we assume that w and z are two points in the same plane, then there will in general be two different points which are unaltered by the transformation; they are called the fixed (or double) points of the transformation.1963 G. F. Simmons Introd. Topol. 337 A topological space X is called a fixed point space if every continuous mapping f of X into itself has a fixed point.1968 E. T. Copson Metric Spaces viii. 111 The problem of solving an algebraic equation f(z) = 0 can be expressed as a fixed point problem. The relation w = z + f(z) maps the complex plane into itself; and the fixed points are the zeros of f (z).1941 B.B.C. Gloss. Broadcasting Terms 13 Fixed point, time set apart over a continuous period for the broad~cast, at regular intervals, of programmes of a similar type over a particular network, or for successive contributions to a regular series.1969 Radio Times 18/ 25 Dec. 94/2 There are not many fixed-points in transmission times, but obviously they have to be strictly adhered to.1948 Math. Tables & Other Aids Computation 3 318 The position of the radix point in the fixed-point representation is a matter of some importance since it determines what combinations of operand values are permissible for multiplication and division.1955 Jrnl. Assoc. Computing Machinrey Jan. 57 Both floating binary point and fixed point operation are included.1964 F. L. Westwater Electronic Computers ix. 143 Soon, ‘libraries’ of standard subroutines were available for each particular computer and..sets of subroutines to be performed in ‘floating-point’ rather than the fixed-point mode arithmetic.1970 Math. Rev. 39 215/1 This paper examines the distribution of the binary digits of a number representation that is supplied to a conversion routine in decimal form (all in fixed point).absolute.1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 481 They pass the Planets seven, and pass the fixt. View more context for this quotation
a. Definitely and permanently placed; stationary or unchanging in relative position.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > remaining in one place
stablea1400
dormantc1440
standing1469
remanent?a1475
ledger1547
fixed1559
restiff1578
statary1581
permanent1588
consistent1604
stationary1631
fundamental1633
resident1653
sedentary1667
statual1752
loco-restive1796
untransmigrated1821
stabile1896
static1910
sessile1917
1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 19 And is this Horizont a fixed Circle or not? It is fixed, and without motion.
1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 221 Houses and fixed Inhabitants.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 669 In which of all these..Orbes hath Man His fixed seat, or fixed seat hath none. View more context for this quotation
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Fixed Line of Defence, in Fortification is drawn along the Face of the Bastion, and terminates in the Courtine.
1848 J. Curwen Gram. Vocal Music (1866) p. xxiv Unlike the ‘fixed Do’ of the old notation, the ‘movable Do’..is no difficulty whatever.
1858 Mercantile Marine Mag. 5 30 A Fixed Red Light will be shown at the head of the..Breakwater.
b. fixed point n. (a) a place where a policeman is permanently stationed; frequently attributive; cf. point constable n., point policeman n. at point n.1 Compounds 2 and point duty n.; (b) Physics a temperature of some well-defined and reproducible physical process, such as a change of phase of a pure substance, used in defining a scale of temperature; (c) Mathematics a point that is unchanged by a given transformation or by each of a given set of transformations; (d) Broadcasting (see quot. 1941); (e) Computing designating a method of representing numbers by a single sequence of digits with a fixed or constant position for the radix point; usually attributive.
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society > communication > broadcasting > [noun] > time of broadcast or place in schedule
fixed point1778
time1924
airtime1931
spot1937
adjacency1947
prime time1947
airdate1950
space1956
slotting1959
airspace1960
time slot1962
slot1964
strand1979
the world > relative properties > number > geometry > point > [noun]
pointa1398
prick1532
sign1570
punctuma1592
punct1638
mathematical point1659
origin1723
fixed point1778
lattice point1857
pole1879
point of closure1956
society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > place where policeman is stationed
fixed point1778
point1888
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > heat > [noun] > measurement of heat > reference point
fixed point1778
the world > relative properties > number > mathematical notation or symbol > [noun] > figure > groupings of figures > with fixed point
fixed point1948
1896 Daily News 15 Feb. 3/1 ‘Fixed point’ constables.
1900 Daily Chron. 15 Aug. 5/1 City Police on fixed-point duty.
1904 Daily Chron. 16 Sept. 4/5 Fixed-point constables, whose imperious arms will later indicate the right of way.
c. fixed star n. a star which appears always to occupy the same position in the heavens (and so distinguished from a planet). Cf. fix adj., earlier used in the same sense.
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the world > the universe > star > [noun] > fixed star
fixed star1386
porcupine1503
1386 Almanack for Year 1386 (1812) 8 Al planetys and sternes fyxt.
c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems 153 Stelle eratice, nat fixed.
1561 R. Eden in tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation Pref. sig. ¶¶.i.v The Sunne & Moone..and the other Planetes and fixte Starres.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 55 Sailers..found a Name For ev'ry fix'd and ev'ry wandring Star. View more context for this quotation
1812 R. Woodhouse Elem. Treat. Astron. viii. 51 The transits of fixed stars are used for regulating clocks.
d. fixed property n. that which consists in immovables, as land and houses. fixed asset n. an asset which cannot be promptly converted into cash (cf. liquid adj. 6); frequently plural. fixed odds n. used attributively of a bet on association football results that is paid off at predetermined odds, as opposed to a bet on a football pool. fixed trust n. an investment trust or unit trust in which the investment of funds is restricted to a fixed list of securities.See fixed capital n. at Compounds.
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the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property
unmoblec1400
unmovable1536
reality1581
immovable1588
realty1616
land1628
real estatea1642
fixed property1845
the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > assets
family jewels1819
asset1825
net asset1863
fixed asset1898
intangible1914
net current asset1919
hidden reserve1930
tangible assets1930
family silver1976
society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > investment trust
fixed trust1930
mutual fund1932
Totten trust1932
unit trust1936
mutual1971
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > football pools > [adjective] > bet on football results
fixed odds1950
1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation i. i. 65 Land and other fixed property.
1863 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. i. iv. 47 Fixed capital may continuously repeat the assistance which is lent to industry.
1898 L. R. Dicksee Auditing (ed. 3) vii. 275 (heading) Fixed assets.
1898 L. R. Dicksee Auditing (ed. 3) vii. 276 It would have seemed more natural to have placed Plant before Stock-in-trade, as being, properly speaking, a ‘fixed asset’.
1907 Act 7 Edward VII c. 50 §21 Every company..shall include..a summary of..its assets, giving such particulars as will disclose..how the values of the fixed assets have been arrived at.
1930 Economist 8 Nov. 865/1 The ‘fixed trust’..holds a fixed number of common stocks and participation in the trust takes the form of certificates authenticated by a trust company and specifying a fractional interest in a block or unit of the fixed common stocks held by the trust company. These fixed investment trusts first came into public notice about 1924.
1935 Economist 6 Apr. 795/2 The stream of new investment which has come under fixed trust control has been directed predominantly into the shares of well-established..companies.
1950 Sporting Investor Feb. 20 (advt.) The superb methods for the smaller pools and fixed-odds coupons provide the steady solid income for the small or large investor.
1951 R. W. Jones Thomson's Dict. Banking (ed. 10) 280/2 Fixed assets, assets (such as land, buildings, plant, machinery), which are not turned into cash, but are used indirectly for the purpose of providing the income of a business.
1959 Times 14 Jan. 13/6 Early Unit Trusts had a fixed unit of investment, as their name, Fixed Trusts, implied. It was of the essence of those trusts that unit certificates were issued only against successive deposits of a fixed portfolio of securities, the unit of investment.
1964 Daily Tel. 15 Apr. 1/6 (heading) Fixed odds tax shocks book~makers.
1964 Daily Tel. 15 Apr. 1/6 The turn-over on fixed odds football betting was well over £60 million last year.
e. fixed light n. Nautical and Aeronautics see quot. 1960.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > buoys, marks, or lighthouses > [noun] > object on land or sea as guide > light beacon or lighthouse > light in
flashing light1858
fixed light1889
society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > navigation of course of aircraft > [noun] > light for guidance of aircraft
traffic light1912
beacon1918
flare path1919
airway beacon1926
obstruction light1934
marker1936
fixed light1960
1889 L. Delbos Naut. Terms 31 Fixed light.
1948 R. de Kerchove Internat. Maritime Dict. 264/1 Fixed light, a coastal light in which the illuminating apparatus gives a continuous light of uniform intensity.
1960 Guide Civil Land Aerodrome Lighting (B.S.I.) 9 Fixed light, a light having constant luminous intensity when observed from a fixed direction.
f. fixed-head adj. (a) of a car body, having a fixed roof (opposed to drophead: see drophead n. Compounds 2); (b) of a car engine, having a fixed cylinder-head.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [adjective] > with fixed top
hardtop1931
fixed-head1962
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [adjective] > other specific types
six-cylinder1905
in-line1929
cold starting1930
oversquare1959
fixed-head1962
torquey1977
turbo-compounded1978
1962 Times 14 Mar. 15/4 A full width rear bench seat in the fixed-head coupé.
1963 A. Bird & F. Hutton-Stott Veteran Motor Car Pocketbk. 96 Delahaye..never made fixed-head engines and never, apparently, had trouble with their detachable heads.
1971 Daily Tel. 20 Oct. 6 The new 350 SLC fixed head coupé—a stretched version of the sports car with..room for five.
7. Definitely appointed or assigned; not fluctuating or varying; definite, permanent.
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the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > [adjective] > unchanged
unwharvedc1175
unchangeda1387
inreformed1548
unaltered1551
unalterate1568
uninfringed1610
unbettered1628
immute1639
unimproved1665
untransmuted1666
same1667
unmodified1668
invarieda1676
fixeda1699
constantc1710
immutate1788
underanged1817
unsuperseded1857
the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [adjective] > remaining in specified condition > through lack of movement
stationary1628
unfleetinga1640
unebbing1652
stative1661
fixeda1699
society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > pricing > [adjective] > determined or stated (of price)
fixed1838
quoted1861
a1699 W. Temple Ess. Pop. Discontents in Miscellanea: 3rd Pt. (1701) 22 One loves fixed Laws, and the other arbitrary Power.
1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero (1742) II. vii. 201 He [Cicero] laid it down as the fixt rule of his administration.
1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) III. 191 A fixt and uniform rent.
1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 415 Every Hanse town was in its turn represented, according to a fixed cycle.
1882 R. Bithell Counting-house Dict. at Trust 309 It is recommended that one half-yearly coupon should be fixed [bearing a fixed rate of interest] and the second variable.
1884 tr. H. Lotze Logic 434 The conceptions of good and bad, just and unjust, are fixed and unchanging.
1935 Planning III. lii. 7 The Board is financed by the issue of fixed-interest stock which carries no voting rights.
1971 Daily Tel. 19 Oct. 19 The demand for fixed interest stocks is still running strongly.
8. Prepared, put in order. †Of a shell: Fitted with a fuse. fixed ammunition n. ‘a charge of powder and shot inclosed together in a wrapper or case ready for loading’ (Knight).
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > prepared or ready > ready or set in order
tifta1400
trim?a1513
fixed1638
1638 Penit. Conf. (1657) vii. 145 The Trent Fathers..plant their fixt Canon, to discharge Anathema's.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Mortar The fixed shell is placed upon the wad.
9. Corrupted, bribed, ‘squared’; tampered with; of a sporting contest, having the result dishonestly prearranged. (Cf. fix v. 14d) slang (originally U.S.).
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [adjective] > of nature of bribe > bribed
subornate1431
bribed?1556
waged1561
feed1579
suggested1647
suborned1676
greased1693
bought1700
nobbled1876
fixeda1889
a1889 San Francisco News Letter (Farmer) His friends on the grand jury..acted precisely as fixed jurors had been known to act.
1901 Denver Republican 26 Aug. 3/4 ‘Fixed’ roulette wheels, ‘squeeze’ faro boxes, loaded dice and marked cards.
1931 L. Steffens Autobiogr. i. v. 37 Being in with the stables, I soon began to hear about ‘fixed races’.
1960 Guardian 18 Oct. 8/2 (heading) ‘Fixed’ football.
10. In predicative use: situated materially or financially. colloquial (originally U.S.).
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the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] > well-off
wellc1405
sufficient1436
full?1483
suffisant1484
beina1525
warmc1571
well-breeched1571
meaned1605
well-meaned1605
well-lined1611
substanced?1614
well-circumstanced1643
forehanded1658
uppish1678
easy1701
brownstone1780
forehand1784
solid1788
well-to-do1794
snug1801
strong farmer1802
well-fixed1822
unindigent1830
well off1842
fixed1844
comfortably offc1850
heeled1871
well-heeled1871
well in1888
independent1893
1844 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 5 i. 282 I am happy to see them all comfortably fixed.
1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West 791 From these figures I think they should be better fixed than they are.
1875 Chicago Tribune 25 Aug. 8/1 He was very well ‘fixed’ both in money and in whisky.
1904 H. R. Martin Tillie 47 I'm well fixed. I got money plenty.
1906 Springfield (Mass.) Weekly Republican 25 Jan. 1 The new Connecticut senators are much better fixed financially than their predecessors.
1963 M. Laurence in R. Weaver Canad. Short Stories (1968) 2nd Ser. 134 Sabina had once had a wealthy lover—well, not wealthy, perhaps, but certainly nicely fixed.
1970 Guardian 31 Dec. 11/4 Ali will come out of this fight very well fixed.
Compounds
fixed bayonet n. a bayonet fixed to the mouth of a musket or rifle; also attributive.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > knife or dagger > [noun] > bayonet
dagger1688
bayonet1704
fixed bayonet1802
ring bayonet1841
sword-bayonet1844
winkle-pin1924
spike1928
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. at Manual §vi The first motion of the charge is the position which the soldier will..take, in order to advance on an enemy, whom it is intended to attack with fixed bayonets.
1815 J. Simpson Visit to Flanders 173 Eight battalions of the guard debouched with fixed bayonets.
1858 Leisure Hour 660/1 We essay to enter the waiting-room but are stopped by a..soldier, armed with musket and fixed bayonet.
1908 Daily Chron. 3 Oct. 4/6 The Royal Marines..enjoy the same fixed bayonet rights in the City.
1909 Daily Chron. 1 Oct. 4/6 Other fixed-bayonet corps in the City are the Honourable Artillery Company,..the ‘Buffs’, or East Kent Regiment, and the ‘Royal Fusiliers’ (City of London Regiment).
fixed capital n. capital which remains in the owner's possession, as working cattle, tools, machinery, etc.
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society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun] > of an individual or company > remaining in owner's possession
fixed capital1776
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. ii. i. 332 A herd of cattle that, in a breeding country, is bought in, neither for labour nor for sale, but in order to make a profit by their wool, by their milk, and by their increase, is a fixed capital . View more context for this quotation
1800 H. Beeke Observ. Produce Income Tax (new ed.) 93 A part of these enterprises proceed but slowly at present, because on a calculation of the gain, by use of money, its present high value makes it more prudent to wait till it may be at a lower rate of interest, and, consequently, converted into a fixed capital with greater advantage.
1825 J. R. McCulloch Princ. Polit. Econ. ii. ii. 95 What could he do without the assistance of fixed capital or tools?
1840 A. Potter Polit. Econ. viii. 189 It is not uncommon for manufacturers..to renounce the idea of getting any return from their fixed capital, and to work on, even under a loss upon their floating capital, in hopes of better times.
1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. v. 45 To invest capital..means to turn circulating into fixed capital, or less durable into more durable capital.
1891 W. Smart tr. Böhm-Bawerk Positive Theory Capital ix. 175 Almost every product is the result of the co-operation of a group of complementary goods consisting of uses of ground, labour, fixed and floating capital.
1942 W. B. Taylor Financial Policies of Business Enterprise iv. xiii. 288 Short-term loans..are usually self-liquidating and hence not adapted to the raising of fixed capital.
1991 Past & Present Aug. 173 Many industrialists had a higher proportion of their assets in fixed capital than did merchants and financiers.
fixed establishment n. (see quot.)
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1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms Fixed establishments, a term which covers stationary or general hospitals, whether actually movable or located on the line of communications, or at a base.
fixed focus n. Photography a focus on a camera that is fixed by the design and cannot be adjusted by the user; also attributive.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > action of taking photograph > technical factors > [noun] > type of focusing
depth of field1855
circle of least confusion1867
flatness of field1867
infinity1867
register1890
fixed focus1892
back focus1897
circle of confusion1906
isocentre1931
split-field1941
split-image1950
1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 320 Those who object to fixed focus cameras.
1904 Westm. Gaz. 27 Aug. 14/2 It will be found that with the majority of lenses the best fixed focus is at about a distance of 20 ft.
1951 G. H. Sewell Amateur Film-making (ed. 2) iii. 27 The simplest and most inexpensive cameras are equipped with what is known as ‘fixed-focus’ lenses.
1970 Which? July 217/2 Most of the lenses were fixed focus, that is to say you could not vary the distance setting.
fixed income n. an unvarying income derived from fixed-interest investments, a pension, etc., as distinct from a salary or wage.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [noun] > personal income or acquired wealth > types of generally
fixed income1858
spending income1862
middle income1889
unearned income1889
psychic income1904
disregard1940
disposable income1948
1858 A. Trollope Three Clerks III. xii. 213 You will not object to state whether or no you possess any fixed income.
1929 A. Huxley Do what you Will 110 So much middle-class pride on such small fixed incomes.
1933 B. Ellinger This Money Business xi. 107 All people who are in receipt of fixed incomes (whether it be from investments in Government securities or in debentures, or landlords in receipt of long-term fixed rents, or old age pensioners) benefit from the fall in prices.
1967 Listener 16 Mar. 359/2 I am a fixed income pensioner.
fixed link n. a (projected) permanent means of transit between Great Britain and France, esp. by road or rail; a bridge, tunnel, etc., built to accommodate this; cf. Chunnel n.
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society > travel > means of travel > [noun] > permanent
fixed link1974
1974 Economist 30 Nov. 90/2 As so much of the traffic will be road vehicles and their passengers, it is worth asking whether a rail tunnel is the best form of a fixed link with France, rather than a road bridge or bridge/tunnel.
1985 Financial Times Survey 16 Dec. p. ii./7 The debate was dominated by the doubts of the Kent MPs about the impact of any Channel fixed link on the economies of the coastal towns, especially the ferry ports, as well as environmental considerations.
fixed-pitch propeller n. (also fixed-pitch airscrew) Aeronautics a propeller with blades whose pitch cannot be varied.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > means of propulsion > [noun] > aircraft engine > propeller > types of propeller
tractor1903
contrapropeller1927
controllable-pitch1929
fixed-pitch propeller1931
contraprop1940
propfan1970
propulsor1975
1931 R.A.F. Quart. July 397 Various types of fixed pitch airscrew were tried.
1934 Flight 8 Feb. 124/2 As a fixed-pitch airscrew does not possess satisfactory characteristics for both take off and speed in high-speed aircraft, a variable-pitch airscrew is usually fitted to the latest Northrop models.
1968 R. Miller & D. Sawers Technical Devel. Mod. Aviation iii. 68 The performance suffered from the use of fixed-pitch propellers, so the Hamilton-Standard variable pitch propeller..was quickly adopted.
fixed pivot n. (see quot.).
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1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms Fixed pivot, the fixed point about which any line of troops wheels.
fixed price n. (a) the price charged for a set meal at a restaurant (cf. French prix fixe); also attributive; (b) used attributively of a ‘bazaar’ type shop at which all articles are sold at or below a stated price; (c) a net price not subject to discount.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [noun] > for food, board, or service
pension1696
board-bill1833
table money1841
American plan1848
corkage1884
service charge1889
fixed price1907
service1909
cover charge1921
demi-pension1951
rack rate1976
cakeage1985
society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > [noun] > net price
fixed price1907
the world > food and drink > food > meal > menu > [noun] > fixed price
fixed price1907
society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [adjective] > relating to shop > types of shop
high streetc1600
co-op1872
multiple1903
fixed price1907
serve-self1909
serve-yourself1909
quick-service1910
self-serve1910
self-service1912
drive-through1918
Army and Navy1919
drive-in1930
one-stop1933
Army-Navy1934
full-service1934
mom-and-pop1942
walkround1950
ma-and-pa1965
pop-up1993
1907 Baedeker's Paris & Environs (ed. 16) 17 Among the Brasseries and Tavernes..some are elegant establishments à la carte, while others (charges indicated) have fixed prices.
1909 Bradshaw's Railway Guide Apr. 1097 All ‘fixed price’ meals served in Restaurant.
1933 D. C. Peel Life's Enchanted Cup xvi. 211 A special dining-room for those who wished for lunch at a fixed price of 3.50 francs.
1935 Economist 6 Apr. 798/2 Though the principle of the ‘chain chemists’ has allowed Boots to build up an excellent business..it does not seem to offer the opportunity for rapidly expanding profits which, say, Woolworth and Marks and Spencer have discovered in the fixed-price store.
1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 22 Mar. 104 With the lowest price in its class, low running costs, and low fixed-price maintenance and parts costs the Fordson Dexta is a great cost saver.
1965 J. L. Hanson Dict. Econ. 180/1 For most consumers' goods the custom of the fixed or specified price has replaced the older custom of haggling over price.
1970 N. Freeling Kitchen Bk. iii. 27 There was nothing so vulgar as a fixed-price menu in this hotel. Everything was à la carte.
fixed pulley n. a pulley mounted in a fixed block.
fixed seat n. a rowing-seat without a slide.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > other parts of body of vessel > [noun] > seat in a boat > for rower(s) > non-sliding seat
fixed seat1889
1889 W. B. Woodgate Rowing 103 The mechanical power gained by a sliding seat is so great that even if he who uses it sets at defiance all recognised principles of fixed-seat rowing, he can still command more pace than if he adhered to fixed-seat work.
1889 W. B. Woodgate Rowing 103 Oarsmen of the fixed-seat school.
1907 Daily Chron. 27 July 9/3 It would be a good thing if all junior races could be rowed on fixed seats. Many novices who promised well have lost all style and cultivated wrong methods by having rowed races on sliding seats before knowing how to work on a fixed seat.
1950 Chambers's Encycl. XII. 15/2 The boats first used were in-rigged with fixed seats and clinker-built.
fixed-wing aircraft n. (also fixed-wing plane) an aeroplane of the conventional type as opposed to a rotating-wing aircraft such as a helicopter.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > [noun] > an aircraft > fixed-wing aircraft
fixed-wing aircraft1949
1949 Aero Digest Sept. 120 Picking up fuel supplies dropped by parachutes from fixed-wing aircraft.
1955 Oxf. Junior Encycl. VIII. 4/1 For fixed-wing aircraft..the varying requirements of speed, altitude, and range affect the choice of engine.
1958 Times 1 Mar. 7/3 It [sc. a helicopter] may be slower than the fixed wing aircraft.
1966 Times 19 July 11/1 So far..B.E.A. has bought fixed-wing types [of American aircraft].
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Finance. Designating a charge to a creditor which is attached to specific assets; designating a debenture acknowledging such a charge. Frequently in fixed charge. Contrasted with floating adj. Additions.
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1892 Times 19 Feb. 12/2 The debenture-holders are now asked to forego part of their floating charge over some of the Murrieta assets... Those in favour of the conversion scheme consider that they are getting a better security than that they now hold, as they will have a fixed charge on the assets.
1894 E. Manson Debentures & Debenture Stock of Trading & Other Companies iii. 43 From the moment that they enter or obtain a receiver their security attaches to the existing assets, and from being a floating one becomes fixed.
1932 Economist 7 May 1029/2 Investors have regarded a floating charge as affording much less ‘solid’ security than a fixed charge.
1991 Lawyers Weekly (Nexis) 25 Oct. The appointment [of a receiver] was made under a fixed debenture held by Starline Timber Inc.
2005 Daily Tel. 25 Apr. 33/1 By taking a ‘fixed charge’ on these assets, rather than a ‘floating charge’, banks can claim the asset ahead of the preferential creditors.
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fixed gear n. Cycling (a) the sole gear ratio on a single-speed bicycle; (b) U.S. a gear system on a single-speed bicycle which has the rear sprocket fixed to the rear wheel, such that the pedals are always engaged; (also) a bicycle having such a gear system; frequently attributive; cf. fixed wheel n. at Additions.
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1896 L. H. Porter Cycling for Health & Pleasure ix. 171 A very high gear or a very low gear is never necessary, while an intermediate fixed gear can be found to meet each person's requirements.
1902 H. Quilter What's What 222/1 In other machines the free wheel can be changed to a fixed gear.
1986 Los Angeles Times 3 July b9 Roach has not been fazed by the inherent danger of riding a brakeless, fixed-gear bicycle.
1998 J. Mau Sci. Austral. 2 72 The older fixed-wheel bicycles and today's small children's bicycles have only one fixed gear.
2001 T. H. Culley Immortal Class (2002) v. 113 This was called a track stand, a race against gravity by guys who ride fixed gears, minimalized bikes that lack freewheels and brakes.
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fixed-rate adj. designating a mortgage or other loan having an interest rate which remains at a set level for a specified period; of or relating to such a loan; cf. adjustable-rate adj. at adjustable adj. Compounds, variable-rate adj. at variable adj. and n. Additions.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [adjective] > encumbered or with dues undischarged > types of mortgage
fixed-rate1958
wraparound1968
1958 N.Y. Times 29 June f1/1 Could fixed-rate government-underwritten mortgages, like unemployment insurance, payments to veterans and social security payments which go into action automatically in a downturn, be another over-all stabilizer.
1975 Lima (Ohio) News 7 Feb. 24/7 Whereas in a fixed-rate loan the bank cannot collect any more than the agreed upon rate, it can do so with the floating rate.
1994 Sunday Times 6 Mar. v. 2/8 Borrowers should not be panicked into taking the first fixed-rate deal they come across.
2008 Independent 15 Apr. 26/1 Ministers fear that thousands of homeowners due to come off fixed-rate mortgage deals, arranged two years ago when credit was cheap, are going to be pole-axed by today's higher rates.
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fixed wheel n. Cycling a driving wheel of a bicycle which is fixed to the rear sprocket, such that the pedals are always engaged (opposed to free wheel); (also) a bicycle having this; frequently attributive.In North America, the more usual term used to designate this type of bicycle is fixed gear.
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1896 M. E. Ward Bicycling for Ladies iii. 19 The main idea of the bicycle does not change—a fixed wheel to which motion is imparted, and a movable or guiding wheel, independent of the power wheel, and revolving only because the machine is pushed or pulled forward.
1899 Manch. Guardian 16 Oct. 5/1 Scores of occasions when the fixed wheel man would not dream of taking his feet from the pedals.
1910 Times 11 June 5/4 He was riding a fixed wheel without brake.
1980 Observer 3 Aug. 24/1 He entertained the crowds as he rode around, backwards as well as forwards, on his fixed-wheel bicycle.
2007 Stuff July 33/2 Flip the wheel around to change between freewheel and fixed wheel; the latter meaning that if you're moving you're pedalling.
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fixed-term adj. designating something (such as a contract, appointment, etc.) which lasts for or continues throughout a (specified) finite length of time.
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1881 North Amer. (Philadelphia) 26 Nov. 2/1 A competition between the holders of fixed-term bonds and those extended last summer will enable the Secretary to select from the mass of offers.
1904 Amer. Monthly Rev. of Reviews May 585/2 [Some citizens] are opposed to municipal ownership, without favoring franchises and fixed-term contracts for private ownership..of public utilities.
1971 R. Cross Punishment, Prison & Public iv. 187 The courts should be empowered to pass fixed-term custodial sentences on young offenders.
1996 L. M. Clements & P. B. Fairest Housing Law ii. 9 Unlike fixed-term tenancies, periodic tenancies have no initial limit on how long they will last.
2013 Guardian (Nexis) 16 July 30 All the main parties back..plans..to create..fixed-term tenures for permanent secretaries.
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