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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1871 COCA: 6415

clause

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Related topics: Law, Grammar, Letters & punctuation
clause /klɔːz $ klɒːz/ ●●○ AWL noun [countableC]  
1  SCLa part of a written law or legal document covering a particular subject of the whole law or document 〔法律等文件中的〕条款，项目
 A confidentiality clause was added to the contract.
合同中加上了一项保密条款。
2. SLG technical a group of words that contains a subject and a verb, but which is usually only part of a sentence 分句，小句；从句
Examples from the Corpus
clause• The agreement included a clause setting up a joint committee to oversee air quality.• The law includes a clause which allows a delay of one and a half years for its application for some users.• Courts ruled that prayer in school violates a clause of the First Amendment.• A clause in the contract states when payment must be made.• The compulsory clauses of the memorandum are only part of it.• It also covers a selection of other contract clauses frequently encountered in many types of commercial agreement, for example confidentiality clauses.• An important preliminary point is that the dividing line between an exclusion clause and a disclosure clause may be thin.• In the sentence "Can you tell me what time it is?" 'Can you tell me' is the main clause, and 'what time it is' is a subordinate clause.• We will go to the theatre tonight [main clause] if we can get tickets [subordinate clause].• In many cases it may be impossible to predict with certainty whether or not a particular clause will be effective.• Later, I had cause to be grateful for that clause.• However, the clause did not make this clear.• I was told that this clause would be removed from the contract.
From Longman Business Dictionary
clauseclause /klɔːzklɒːz/ noun [countableC]
LAWCOMMERCEa part of a written law, contract, or legal document that deals with a particular item or subject
Clause 12 enables the Secretary of State to make orders to protect pension rights.
→ assignment clause → average clause → break clause → breakdown clause → commerce clause → confidentiality clause → continuation clause → enabling clause → escalator clause → escape clause → gagging clause → get-out clause → grandfather clause → objects clause → penalty clause → see also Institute Clauses
Origin clause
(1200-1300) Old French Medieval Latin clausa “end of a sentence”, from Latin claudere; → CLOSE1
clause noun
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1871 COCA: 6415
clause

noun¹

 1in a legal document法律文件ADJECTIVE | VERB + CLAUSE | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤confidentiality, indemnity, penalty保密／賠償／懲罰條款◇The penalty clause specifies that late delivery will be fined.懲罰條款規定，延期交貨將受罰。➤escape, exclusion, exemption, get-out, let-out, opt-out例外條款；除外條款；免責條款；豁免條款；自願退出條款➤grandfather (= allowing an old rule to continue to apply in some situations) (NAmE) , sunset (= ending a law after a particular date) 祖父條款（允許某些情況下繼續適用的舊規定）；落日條款（將於特定日期後廢止的法規）VERB + CLAUSE➤contain, have包含／含有條款◇The contract contains a confidentiality clause.合同含有保密條款。➤add, include, insert, put in增加條款；包括條款；加入條款◇We added an opt-out clause to the agreement.我們在協議上增加了一項自願退出條款。➤delete, take out刪除條款▸➤amend修改條款➤violate (especially NAmE) 違反條款➤invoke援引條款PREPOSITION➤in a/the clause在條款裏◇There is some ambiguity in this clause.本條款有些模糊之處。➤under a/the clause根據⋯條款◇Under Clause 5.8, the company is responsible for the health of its employees.按 5.8 條，公司對員工的健康負責。➤clause on關於⋯的條款◇a clause on pollution關於污染的條款
clause

noun²

 2in grammar語法ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤main, subordinate主句；從句▸➤conditional, dependent, finite, independent, infinitive, non-finite, relative條件從句；從屬從句；限定從句；獨立從句；非限定從句；關係從句▸➤non-restrictive, restrictive非限定性／限定性從句◇a restrictive relative clause限定性關係從句➤adverbial, nominal, noun狀語從句；名詞性從句；名詞從句PREPOSITION➤in a/the clause在從句裏◇The completed action is in the main clause.完成的動作包含在主句中。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1871 COCA: 6415
clause noun
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1871 COCA: 6415

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