************************* Erik Stein <1001-1@gmx.net> ************************** ter.ri.to.ry / n 1 >GOVERNMENT LAND< [C,U] land that is owned or controlled by a particular government, ruler, or mili- tary force: We crossed the river into enemy territory. 2 >TYPE OF LAND< [U] land of a particular type: an expedition through previously unexplored territory 3 US Territory land that belongs to the United States, but is not a state 4 >EXPERIENCE< [U] a particular area of experience or knowledge: The company is moving into unfamiliar ter- ritory with this new software. 5 >ANIMAL< [C,U] the area that an animal, bird etc regards as its own and will defend against other animals 6 >BUSINESS< [C,U] an area of business, especially in selling, for which someone is responsible: I'm in charge of the metropolitan Chicago territory. 7 come/go with the territory to be a natural and accepted part of a particular job, situation, place etc: I'm a cop - so I could get shot - it goes with the territory. ter.ri.to.ri.al1 adj 1 [no comparative] related to land that is owned or controlled by a particular country 2 technical territorial animals, birds etc guard the area of land that they consider to be their own -- territoriality / n [U] ter.ri.to.ri.al2 often Territorial n [C] a member of the British Territorial Army Territorial Ar.my n the Territorial Army a military force of people in Britain who train as soldiers in their free time; TA -- compare NATIONAL GUARD territorial wa.ters n [plural] the sea near a country's coast, which that country has legal control over ter.ror ... ter.ror.is.m ... ter.ror.ist .. ter.ror.ize ... ... ******************************************************************************** ROLUX h0444wol@rz.hu-berlin.de http://www2.hu-berlin.de/~h0444wol/rolux/