Association of British Insurers — ABI A trade association representing some 380 insurance companies offering any class of insurance business, whose members transact over 95% of the business of the British insurance market. It was formed in 1985 by a merger the British Insurance… … Big dictionary of business and management
Association Of British Insurers - ABI — A trade association comprised of insurance companies located within the United Kingdom. Approximately 400 companies are members of the Association of British Insurers, and as a group provide roughly 90% of domestic insurance services sold in the… … Investment dictionary
St. Andrew's Ambulance Association — Infobox Organization name = St Andrew Ambulance Association caption = Logo of St Andrew Ambulance Association motto = For Humanity formation = 1882 type = Charitable organisation headquarters = St Andrew s House, 48 Milton Street, Glasgow, G4 0HR … Wikipedia
American Speed Association — That is owned by Ron Varney and was known as USPRO before its acquisition by Steve Dale. After the collapse of the old American Speed Association, it was sold back to Varney. The remainder of the old ASA was sold to Dennis Huth s Racing Speed… … Wikipedia
Norwich — For other places with the same name, see Norwich (disambiguation). City of Norwich Norwich city centre … Wikipedia
Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… … Universalium
japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… … Universalium
Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… … Universalium
United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… … Universalium
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… … Universalium