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clauses, plural;
  1. A unit of grammatical organization next below the sentence in rank and in traditional grammar said to consist of a subject and predicate

  2. A particular and separate article, stipulation, or proviso in a treaty, bill, or contract

  1. (clause) (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
  2. (clause) article: a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)
  3. In grammar, a clause is a pair or group of words that consists of a subject and a predicate, although in some languages and some types of clauses the subject may not appear explicitly as a noun phrase. It may instead be marked on the verb (this is especially common in null subject languages). ...
  4. (Clause (logic)) In logic, a clause is a disjunction of literals. In propositional logic, clauses are usually written as follows, where the symbols are literals: In some cases, clauses are written as sets of literals, so that clause above would be written as . ...
  5. (clause) this sense?) (grammar, informal) A group of two or more words which include a subject and any necessary predicate (the predicate also includes a verb, conjunction, or a preposition) to begin the clause; however, this clause is not considered a sentence for colloquial purposes; A verb ...
  6. (claused) Having clauses
  7. (Clause) A term used to identify a particular part of a policy or endorsement.
  8. (clause (of a bill)) A division of a bill consisting of an individual sentence or statement. Once a bill becomes law, its clauses are referred to as “sections”.
  9. (Clause) Words in a policy which describe certain specifications, limitations or modifications.
  10. (Clause) An article or added provision in a life insurance contract, such as a Suicide Clause.
  11. A clause in Prolog is a unit of information in a Prolog program ending with a full stop ("."). A clause may be a fact, like:
  12. (clause) n.  group of words that includes a subject1(4a) and a verb, forming a sentence or part of a sentence
  13. (Clause) A group of words containing a subject and its verb (for example: It was late when he arrived).
  14. a clause has the attributes of a sentence but may occur within a sentence, for example a relative clause who played the alto within the sentence The man who played the alto was Charlie Parker.
  15. (Clause) A section of a policy which deals with a particular subject, such as coinsurance clause.
  16. (Clause) A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. An independent, or main, clause expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence. A dependent, or subordinate clause, cannot stand alone as a sentence and must be accompanied by an independent clause. ...
  17. (Clause) a section or paragraph in an insurance policy that explains, defines or clarifies the conditions of coverage
  18. (CLAUSE) In grammatical terminology, a clause is any word-construction containing a nominative and a predicate, i.e., a subject "doing" a verb. The term clause contrasts with the term phrase. ...
  19. (Clause) A distinct section, condition or requirement stipulated in a legal document, such as an employment agreement or contract. See also Collective Bargaining Agreement and Explicit Contract.
  20. (Clause) One expression in the If (premise) or Then (consequent) part of a rule. Often consists of an attribute name followed by a relational operator and an attribute value. [Top]
  21. (Clause) Statements incorporated into the policy document to modify the terms of the contract
  22. (Clause) This identifies a specific part of a policy or endorsement. Closed Formulary (refers to health insurance) — In some health plans, doctors must order only patient prescription drugs listed on the health plan’s formulary (also see term “drug formulary”).
  23. (Clause) This is basically a subject and a verb, and whatever other helpful words that are related to them. You might think of a clause as a thought, like this tree is tall. That's a clause. Now a sentence can be made up of just one clause, like the example I just gave you. ...
  24. (Clause) not as in “Santa”, this one has an “e”. Anyway, this sort of clause is the one you should read on your insurance policy as it will explain everything to you, making the conditions of coverage absolutely crystal clear.
  25. (The Clause) University newspaper for students