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n. an ornament or utensil made of brass

n. an alloy of copper and zinc

n. a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece

brass section, brass

n. the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments

brass, memorial tablet, plaque

n. a memorial made of brass

boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek

n. impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty"

administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation

n. the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment"

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presumption, presumptuousness, effrontery, assumption

n. audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness"

audacity, audaciousness, temerity

n. fearless daring

heart, mettle, nerve, spunk

n. the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"

determination, purpose

n. the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose; "his determination showed in his every movement"; "he is a man of purpose"

certainty, sure thing, foregone conclusion

n. something that is certain; "his victory is a certainty"

bureaucracy

n. any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape

cabinet

n. persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers

business, business sector

n. business concerns collectively; "Government and business could not agree"

party, political party

n. an organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level"

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