Synonym of star system

The system of buying and selling things via hire purchase.

plural of system-monger

A person who is unduly fond of constructing systems.

An extrasolar planetary system (“solar system”), a star system with exoplanets beyond our Solar System.

(rail transport, historical) A block system in use on single-line railways, in which the stationmaster gives the driver a staff authorizing the driver to proceed over a given portion of track.

(biology) A group of organs that work together as a biological system to perform one or more functions.

(Philippines) Corruption involving patronage, nepotism and favoritism, especially in politics and government.

(UK, historical) The practice, abolished in 1871, of paying money to be made an officer in the cavalry and infantry regiments of the English and later British Army, without having to wait for promotion.

(set theory, measure theory, probability theory) A non-empty collection of subsets of a given set Ώ that is closed under non-empty finite intersections.