Associations to the word «Clause»
Noun
- Agreement
- Coercion
- Taxation
- Safeguard
- Taxpayer
- Rights
- Ambiguity
- Uniformity
- Litigation
- Restraint
- Insertion
- Infringement
- Liberty
- Fifth
- Lease
- Termination
- Creed
- Nom
- Grandfather
- Federalist
- Rationale
- Doctrine
- Injunction
- Indictment
- Expiration
- Legislature
- Amnesty
- Tort
- Marking
- Utterance
- Invocation
- Prosecution
- Marker
- Burger
- Sentencing
- Argument
- Scope
- Consent
- Restriction
- Semantics
- Proposition
- Deletion
- Free
- Neutrality
- Contracting
- Slavery
- Grammar
- Process
- Article
- Abolition
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
CLAUSE, noun. (Can we clean up([1]) this sense?) (grammar) (informal) A group of two or more words which include a subject and any necessary predicate (the predicate also includes a verb, conjunction, or a preposition) to begin the clause; however, this clause is not considered a sentence for colloquial purposes.
CLAUSE, noun. (grammar) A verb along with its subject and their modifiers. If a clause provides a complete thought on its own, then it is an independent (superordinate) clause; otherwise, it is (subordinate) dependent.
CLAUSE, noun. (legal) A separate part of a contract, a will or another legal document.
CLAUSE, verb. (transitive) (shipping) To amend (a bill of lading or similar document).
Dictionary definition
CLAUSE, noun. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence.
CLAUSE, noun. A separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will).
Wise words
All our words from loose using have lost their edge.