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sufferance

[suhf-er-uhns, suhf-ruhns] / ˈsʌf ər əns, ˈsʌf rəns /


















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Do not entertain so weak an imagination, as that your registers and your bonds, your affidavits and your sufferances, your cockets and your clearances, are what form the great securities of your commerce.

From Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke by Burke, Edmund




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