(law) A fee paid to secure a priority of claim on a counsel's services.

(American spelling, medicine) A type of anesthesia that causes loss of sensation to the whole body, usually to the point of unconsciousness.

(education) Education in a number of important subjects, taught in schools.

The generation of people born from the late 1920s to the early 1940s.

The generation of people born in the late 1950s and early 1960s, sandwiched between baby boomers and Gen-Xers.

(basketball) A point guard or other player who provides leadership by running the offense.

plural of Stolen Generation

plural of vicar-general

(Christianity) An official performing the work of an archdeacon under the bishop. / (Christianity) In the English Church, an officer assisting the bishop, the chancellor of the diocese.

(historical) A member of a privileged association in France, before the French Revolution, who collected duties on behalf of the king, along with bonus fees for themselves.