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face-amount certificate company |
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face-saving
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face-saving
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective face-saving has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
face-saving, adj.
allowing one to maintain one's dignity or prestige; designed to avoid admitting something embarrassing; as, a face-saving compromise; -- of actions. [WordNet 1.5]
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