Lifestyle / Adoption / Fictive Kin: People not related by birth or marriage who have an emotionally significant relationship with an individual.
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Kin Adjective Synonyms: family, relative(s), relation(s), kindred, kinsfolk or and kinfolk, kinsman, kinswoman, stock, clan, blood-relation(s), blood-relative(s)
Kin Noun Synonyms: related, akin (to), kindred, consanguineous, consanguine, cognate, agnate
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Lifestyle / Adoption / Kinship Care: The full-time nurturing of a child by someone related to the child by family ties or by prior relationship connection (fictive kin). MORE
Technology / Cell Phones / PIN Unblocking Key (PUK): If a GSM or GAIT subscriber enters the wrong PIN three times in a row, then the wireless mobile phone is locked until the PUK is entered. MORE
Business / Finance / PIK (Payment-In-Kind) Securities: Highly speculative bonds or preferred stock that pay interest or dividends through additional bonds or preferred stock. MORE
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Business / Finance / Profit Taking: Action by short-term securities traders to cash in on gains created by a sharp market rise, which pushes prices down temporarily but implies an upward market trend. See: Ring the [cash] register. MORE
Entertainment / Tennis / Protected Ranking: A player injured for a minimum of six months can ask for a protected ranking, which will be based on his or her average ranking during the first three months of his or her injury. The player will be a MORE