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Word: gavel (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A wooden mallet, used by a judge in a courtroom, or a chairman of a committee, struck against a sounding block to quiet the rabble down.
  • figurative The legal system as a whole.
  • historical Rent.
  • obsolete Usury; interest on money.

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Verb:

  • To use a gavel.

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