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CONTROL

To exercise authoritative or dominating influence over; direct. See synonyms at conduct.

To adjust to a requirement; regulate: controlled trading on the stock market; controls the flow of water.

A restraining device, measure, or limit; a curb: a control on prices; price controls.

A standard of comparison for checking or verifying the results of an experiment.

An individual or group used as a standard of comparison in a control experiment.

DRILL

DEMOLISH

To make a hole in (a hard material) with a drill: a bit for drilling masonry.

To make (a hole) with or as if with a drill: drills holes in trees with its chisellike bill.

To instruct thoroughly by repetition in a skill or procedure: drill pupils in grammar.

To infuse knowledge of or skill in by repetitious instruction. See synonyms at teach.

BUILD

PAY

To tear down completely; raze.

To do away with completely; put an end to.

To damage (someone's reputation, for example) severely. See synonyms at ruin.

v., built (bĭlt), build·ing, builds. v.tr.

To form by combining materials or parts; construct.

To order, finance, or supervise the construction of: The administration built several new housing projects.

v.intr.

To make something by combining materials or parts.

To engage in the construction or design of buildings: "Each of the three architects built in a different style" (Dwight Macdonald).

To give money to in return for goods or services rendered: pay the cashier.

To give (money) in exchange for goods or services: paid four dollars for a hamburger; paid an hourly wage.

v.intr.

To give money in exchange for goods or services.

To discharge a debt or obligation.

ALLOW

To let do or happen; permit: We allow smoking only in restricted areas.

To permit the presence of: No pets are allowed inside.

To permit to have: allow oneself a little treat.

To make provision for; assign: The schedule allows time for a coffee break.

To plan for in case of need: allow two inches in the fabric for shrinkage.

CONNECT

v., -nect·ed, -nect·ing, -nects.

v.tr.

To join or fasten together.

To associate or consider as related: no reason to connect the two events. See synonyms at join.

v.intr.

To become joined or united: two streams connecting to form a river.

To be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as between airplanes or buses.

HIRE

LOAN

hire (hr)

1. a. To engage the services of (a person) for a fee; employ: hired a new clerk.

b. To engage the temporary use of for a fee; rent: hire a car for the day.

2. To grant the services of or the temporary use of for a fee: hired himself out as a cook; hired out the cottage for the summer.

v.intr.

To obtain work: She hired on as a deck hand. He hired out as a photographer.

RENT

Something lent for temporary use.

A sum of money lent at interest.

An act of lending; a grant for temporary use: asked for the loan of a garden hose.

A temporary transfer to a duty or place away from a regular job: an efficiency expert on loan from the main office.

Payment, usually of an amount fixed by contract, made by a tenant at specified intervals in return for the right to occupy or use the property of another.

A similar payment made for the use of a facility, equipment, or service provided by another.

VERBS RELATED WITH BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION

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