Protection
[prə'tekʃ(ə)n] or [prə'tɛkʃən]
Definition
(noun.) payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence; 'every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection'.
(noun.) the activity of protecting someone or something; 'the witnesses demanded police protection'.
(noun.) the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition; 'he made trade protection a plank in the party platform'.
(noun.) the condition of being protected; 'they were huddled together for protection'; 'he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home'.
Inputed by Jane--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter; as, the weak need protection.
(n.) That which protects or preserves from injury; a defense; a shield; a refuge.
(n.) A writing that protects or secures from molestation or arrest; a pass; a safe-conduct; a passport.
(n.) A theory, or a policy, of protecting the producers in a country from foreign competition in the home market by the imposition of such discriminating duties on goods of foreign production as will restrict or prevent their importation; -- opposed to free trade.
Edited by Cheryl
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Shelter, defence, security, safety, refuge, guard, preservation.[2]. Shield, ægis, buckler, palladium.
Inputed by Bartholomew
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Shelter, defence, security, safety, refuge, guard,[See SECURITY]
Checker: Sylvia
Unserious Contents or Definition
Originally, the swaddling clothes of the infant, Industry; now, merely the shoe-lacings for the giant, Monopoly.
Typist: Psyche
Examples
- What a wrong, to cut off the girl from the family protection and inheritance only because she had chosen a man who was poor! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Small elevated tanks, like those of the windmill, frequently have heavy iron bands around their lower portion as a protection against the extra strain. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In short, but for such perseverance as I have seldom witnessed, I had never placed myself under his protection. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- If after that you are taken, you will then be a prize; but now you are only a stranger, and have a stranger's right to safety and protection. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- So shall you give me protection without sacrifice on your part, or the pretext of requiring any requital from me. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Others, less injured and still in fighting trim, were making for the beaches close beneath him that would bring them under the protection of his army. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If one wishes the pits may be left uncovered, in which case something like a foot of the ensilage will decay and form a covering and protection for that beneath. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- When these were not near enough to the troops for protection they were taken down and moved up to the line of the road. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Sedgwick had refused his right and intrenched it for protection against attack. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- No assurance to convey to him, through me, of the continuance of your affection and protection? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- At length the sun rose so high that it struck a kindly ray as of hope or protection, directly down upon the old prisoner's head. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- And this is right in one sense, as the laws of all countries in respect to protection by patents for inventions are based upon the primary condition of benefit to society. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Arkwright built a mill there in 1780, and it prospered exceedingly, in spite of the fact that he no longer had the protection of his patents. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The most important part of the expense of government, indeed, that of defence and protection, has constantly fallen upon the mother country. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Children, I leave you to Hannah's care and Mr. Laurence's protection. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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