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To protect or shelter; to make good; to insure. To cover a check means to deposit sufficient funds in a bank account to pay the amount written on a check or checks. The right of a purchaser to buy goods other than those that were originally contracted for as a remedy in the event of a breach of contract by the seller. In contract law concerning sales transactions, the Uniform Commercial Code provides that a buyer may use cover for protection in an action for breach of a sales contract. The person may, in Good Faith, purchase substitute goods when a seller violates their contract by failure to deliver goods. The buyer may then recover the difference between the original goods or contract price and the cost of cover. cover (Pretext), noun alleged reason, camouflage, claim, disguise, excuse, guise, mask, obtegere, operire, pretense, profession, screen, sham, subterfuge, velare cover (Protection), noun blanket, coating, covering, coverture, guard, integument, safeguard, sheath, shelter, shield, veneer cover (Substitute), noun alternate, alternative, equivvlent item, exchange, replacement, similar item, stand-in, substitution cover (Conceal), verb becloud, befog, bury, cloak, curtain, disguise, enshroud, hide, keep out of sight, mask, obscure, put out of sight, screen, seclude, shroud, veil, velare Associated concepts: cover one's assets cover (Guard), verb care for, defend, ensure, harbor, insure, keep in safety, keep safe from harm, keep under close watch, make safe, protect, safeguard, secure, sheathe, shelter, shield, take care of, watch over, wrap cover (Provide for), verb compensate for, insure, make compensation, make provision for, pay, recompense, replace, substitute, suffice to defray Associated concepts: buyer's right to cover See also: artifice, blind, camouflage, circumvent, cloak, close, clothe, comprehend, conceal, concealment, consist, disguise, embrace, encompass, ensconce, enshroud, envelop, guard, harbor, hedge, hide, include, incorporate, maintain, obfuscate, obliterate, obnubilate, obscure, occlude, outbalance, overlap, patrol, penumbra, perambulate, pretense, pretext, protect, protection, publish, safeguard, screen, seal, seclude, shelter, shield, shroud, shut, spread, sustain, veil How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Director Michael Mann, who created the '80s cop show, does refrain from playing ``I Want to Know What Love Is'' all the time like he did back in the day, but Phil Collins' much-abused ``In the Air Tonight'' gets even more punishment this time in a cover version by some whiny outfit called, ironically, Nonpoint. Both Root and Maureen O'Brien in the Audio Partners/Cover to Cover version (see my starred review in KLIATT, November 2000) give wonderful readings. 207) was sung in English (indeed, the only reference to Tlaltelolco came when a group called Three Souls in My Mind introduced their cover version of the Rolling Stones' song "Street Fighting Man. |
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