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enterprise
A project or undertaking, typically one that is difficult or requires effort. -
high-level
undertaken by or composed of participants having a high status: a high-level meeting; a high-level investigation. -
low-level
undertaken by or composed of members having a low status: a low-level discussion. -
assumpsit
(before 1875) an action to recover damages for breach of an express or implied contract or agreement that was not under seal -
astroturfing
a PR tactic used in politics and advertising in which actors are paid to display overt and apparently spontaneous grassroots support for a particular product, policy, or event -
barons' war
either of two civil wars in 13th-century England. The First Barons' War (1215–17) was precipitated by King John's failure to observe the terms of Magna Carta: many of the Barons' grievances were removed by his death (1216) and peace was concluded in 1217. The Second Barons' War (1264–67) was caused by Henry III's refusal to accept limitations on his authority: the rebel Barons (led (1264–65) by Simon de Montfort), initially successful, were defeated at the battle of Evesham (1265); sporadic resistance continued until 1267