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Next in order after the ninth; coming after nine others. |
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Constituting or being one of ten equal parts into which
anything is divided. |
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The next in order after the ninth; one coming after nine
others. |
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The quotient of a unit divided by ten; one of ten equal
parts into which anything is divided. |
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The tenth part of annual produce, income, increase, or the
like; a tithe. |
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The interval between any tone and the tone represented on
the tenth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and
three of the octave above; the octave of the third. |
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A temporary aid issuing out of personal property, and
granted to the king by Parliament; formerly, the real tenth part of all
the movables belonging to the subject. |
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The tenth part of the annual profit of every living in the
kingdom, formerly paid to the pope, but afterward transferred to the
crown. It now forms a part of the fund called Queen Anne's Bounty. |