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   commons

   /ˈkɒmənz/

   plural

   • 1. short for House of Commons
   • ▪ the common people regarded as a part of a political system, especially in Britain: historical "the state was divided into clergy, nobility, and commons"
   • 2. land or resources belonging to or affecting the whole of a community: "the mismanagement of a commons"
   • ▪ a dining hall in a school or college. US
   • 3. provisions shared in common; rations. archaic

   Word Origin Middle English: plural of common.

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • C

     3

   • O

     1

   • M

     3

   • M

     3

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

   • S

     1

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