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Merriam-Webster is the leading dictionary in America, but it has many errors and biases.  Please add to this list as you discover more:
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Merriam-Webster<ref>http://www.m-w.com</ref> is the leading dictionary in America, but it has many errors and biases.  Please add to this list as you discover more:
 
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"[[Capital]]" is poorly defined as accumulated goods, or the value of those goods, or net worth.  It is more commonly used to mean liquid assets such as cash, stocks, bonds that can be easily used to acquire goods and services.
      
The date for "[[eminent domain]]" is incorrect: 1783.  The term was used as early as 1625, and means the government seizure of private property for public use, such as to build a courthouse or highway.
 
The date for "[[eminent domain]]" is incorrect: 1783.  The term was used as early as 1625, and means the government seizure of private property for public use, such as to build a courthouse or highway.
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The entry for [[Yiddish]] is too narrow in describing it as only a language of Jewish residents and descendants of central and eastern Europe.  Yiddish is spoken worldwide.
 
The entry for [[Yiddish]] is too narrow in describing it as only a language of Jewish residents and descendants of central and eastern Europe.  Yiddish is spoken worldwide.
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"[[Capital]]" is poorly defined as accumulated goods, or the value of those goods, or net worth.  It is more commonly used to mean liquid assets such as cash, stocks, bonds that can be easily used to acquire goods and services.
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