a period of time in history that is special for a particular reason land that a person owns a prediction of some future thing (e.g., the weather) all the people who live in a house; a family more and more; in greater degree or amount in large part; mainly or chiefly existing or happening before the present time relating to parts of a country that are outside towns and cities, with fields, woods, etc. finally, after doing other things money paid to workers for the hours they worked