Prudence

  • 21prudence — The exercise of care and restraint. In accounting, prudence underpins the *accruals concept in which *revenues and *expenses are *recognized only in the periods in which they are earned or incurred. Prudence discourages the anticipation of… …

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  • 22Prudence — This name is of Roman (Latin) origins and derived from Prudentia , the name was a Norman introduction to England after 1066 and was an early surname some three hundred years before it became a popular Puritan virtue name in the sixteenth and… …

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  • 23Prudence — (PR Prudent) (Géo Prouant) • Prudence (Prudenzio) évêque de Troyes, né en Espagne, mort à Troyes en 861. Il travailla à réformer les monastères de France, et lutta contre les hérésies. Fête le 6 avril. • Prudence (Prudenza) (6 mai) née à Milan,… …

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  • 24prudence — noun 1) you have gone beyond the bounds of prudence Syn: wisdom, judgment, good judgment, common sense, sense, sagacity, shrewdness, advisability Ant: folly, recklessness 2) financial prudence …

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  • 25prudence — noun The quality or state of being prudent; wisdom in the way of caution and provision; discretion; carefulness; hence, also, economy; frugality. Prudence is principally in reference to actions to be done, and due means, order, seasons, and… …

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  • 26Prudence — englische, französische Form von → Prudentia (Bedeutung: die Vorsichtige). Bekannt durch das Beatles Lied »Dear Prudence« (1968) …

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  • 27Prudence — Provenance. Vient du latin prudentia Signifie: sage, plein d expérience Se fête le 6 mai. Histoire. Originaire de Milan, en Lombardie, sainte Prudence est moniale, puis mère supérieure, à l abbaye de Côme, au XVème siècle. On ne connait rien d… …

    Dictionnaire des prénoms français, arabes et bretons

  • 28prudence — pru|dence [ˈpru:dəns] n [U] a sensible and careful attitude that makes you avoid unnecessary risks ▪ financial prudence …

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  • 29prudence —    This word (from the Latin prudentia, meaning foresight or sagacity ) refers to the virtue that disposes a personto discern what is good and to select the appropriate means for attaining that good. Along with justice, temperance, andfortitude,… …

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  • 30prudence — prudent ► ADJECTIVE ▪ acting with or showing care and thought for the future. DERIVATIVES prudence noun prudently adverb. ORIGIN Latin prudens, from providens foreseeing …

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