(n.) A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.
(n.) A swadding cloth.
(n.) A piece; a fragment.
(n.) The center of the butt at which archers shoot; -- probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
(n.) An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.
(n.) A blow with the hand.
(n.) To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout.
(n.) To join or patch clumsily.
(n.) To quard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
(n.) To give a blow to; to strike.
(n.) To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.
Example Sentences:
(1) Bargaining is a question of clout, and which side has more of it.
(2) The growing power of public sector employees allowed them to win better pay and conditions, and gave them a degree of political clout.
(3) Also, the sections of the public keenest on the BBC – women, younger Britons, people in the south-east of England, the wealthier ABC1 social categories – have considerable political clout.
(4) For a start it was a powerful coalition of organisations – which carried serious clout.
(5) White, backed by the financial clout of the US treasury, prevailed.
(6) Gallenzi, though, believes it still has the clout to stand up to Amazon.
(7) And that means they need to use their lobbying abilities, they need to use their commercial clout to force the government to be more responsible in whatever jurisdiction it is, in safeguarding our public interests.
(8) Although he is from the Pashtun ethnic group that dominates south Afghanistan , Ghani's tribe has traditionally had more clout in the east.
(9) King said Ryan, an influential voice on budgetary matters who was Mitt Romney’s presidential running mate in 2012, was the only person with the clout to run for speaker.
(10) China has far greater clout than Spain in Argentina, whose economy is heavily dependent on soya exports to the Asian giant, leading to speculation that Fernández might strike her own deal with Sinopec, effectively handing even greater control over Argentina's economy to Beijing.
(11) Political action committees are a means for individuals to join together so they have some clout in the political process, Symons said.
(12) As the Americans draw down their forces, their clout is visibly weakening.
(13) "Part of what has given Britain clout in the last 15 years has been that our economy has been seen to be successful, but the whole Anglo-Saxon model has taken a great knock," says Niblett.
(14) At the time of the handover, the then foreign secretary, Robin Cook, reiterated that Britain would use its clout to defend Hong Kong and its freedoms.
(15) US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks refer to Hadi as a putative reformer, albeit one who had enjoyed little clout among Yemeni powerbrokers.
(16) Less than a fifth of English voters think that Scottish independence would diminish the rest of Britain's clout in the world.
(17) Film-makers with clout could circumvent the system, but when most directors are straight, white men making films about straight, white men, we don’t tend to get a very diverse lineup of films.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing in The Imitation Game.
(18) Patrick Connolly of IFA firm AWD Chase de Vere is more sceptical about the power of individual shareholders, but says institutional investors do have a lot of clout.
(19) He was credited with helping YouView get its house in order and giving it some much-needed commercial clout.
(20) But if and as it grows, it will give China the clout in regional financing that membership of the ADB has not allowed it to wield, in spite being a generous capital provider to it.
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Definition:
(a.) Having the highest rank or jurisdiction; superior to all others; chief; supreme; preeminent; as, a paramount duty.
(n.) The highest or chief.
Example Sentences:
(1) The results of our phenotypic and functional testing of unmodified GIC (no enzyme treatment, no additional culture with or without interleukin 2), show that T cells, especially OKT8+ cells, are of paramount importance in the mechanism of this type of acute irreversible rejection of human renal allografts (i.e., to the point of allograft rupture), but other potential effector mechanisms are also present in situ.
(2) mechanisms of quality control, including extensive programs of orientation, inservice, and utilization review, are paramount in achievement of success.
(3) In the Labour party over the past two decades, the leader has become paramount, directing not just his own staff, but Labour headquarters.
(4) Urinalysis, a simple front-line test, is of paramount importance in the evaluation and management of the patient with urinary tract infection.
(5) Since the primary diagnosis of this condition is almost invariably based on cytologic observations, the diagnostic criteria are of paramount importance.
(6) José Manuel Barroso, the re-elected commission chief, stressed that rather than being seen as president of Europe, or Europe's paramount leader, the new post should be confined to the European council, which groups national governments from the member states.
(7) They emphasize that life-time diagnosis of pericardial mesothelioma is of paramount importance because rational chemotherapy permits prolongation of the patient's survival.
(8) The paramount feature revealed by immunohistological double marker analyses was the intimate association of myoid cells (antigen producing) with interdigitating reticulum cells (potentially antigen presenting cells), both of which were surrounded by T3+ lymphocytes in thymus medulla.
(9) The latter method is suitable for routine use in renography when accuracy is not of paramount importance.
(10) These preliminary data confirm the paramount importance of cellular immunity in controlling neoplasias.
(11) The use of zinc nitrate is favored if toxicological considerations are paramount, but ninhydrin development has to be carefully controlled if optimal results are to be obtained.
(12) The functional end result is of paramount importance.
(13) The symptoms of anaemia and indigestion appear to be paramount in making an early diagnosis, and negative barium meal studies should not be accepted when these two symptoms are present.
(14) These results might be of paramount significance in developing the detection method for HCV infection and in preparing HCV vaccine.
(15) Correct diagnosis and understanding of its pathogenesis is paramount in order to apply definite surgical treatment.
(16) Regardless of the technique utilized it remains paramount that the surgeon plan the initial procedure with great care as each failure results in diminished blood supply to the graft bed and makes subsequent procedures less likely to succeed.
(17) The work presented here gives a description, analysis and discussion of the effect of organic loading which is a paramount parameter of the performance of RBC's.
(18) The intended application is to assist in treatment selection during phase II trials, especially with rapid responses and when the disease involved is serious enough that design-motivating ethical considerations become paramount.
(19) Although the precise mechanism of thrombosis is incompletely known, the recognition of this type of dementia is of paramount importance as it is a potentially treatable condition.
(20) An understanding of the pathophysiology of anaphylaxis, the most serious of the allergic disorders, is paramount for its diagnosis.