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Clayton
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A town, the county seat of Barbour County, Alabama; named for Georgia jurist and congressman Augustin Smith Clayton.
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A city in Contra Costa County, California, United States; named for founder Joel Henry Clayton.
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A town in Delaware; named for John M. Clayton.
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A city, the county seat of Rabun County, Georgia, United States; named for Augustin Smith Clayton.
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A city in Idaho; named for early settler Clayton Smith.
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A town in Indiana; named for Kentucky statesman Henry Clay.
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A village in Illinois; named for Henry Clay.
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A city in Iowa.
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A city in Kansas; named for the clay in the area.
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A town in Louisiana.
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A village in Michigan.
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A city, the county seat of St. Louis County, Missouri; named for landowner Ralph Clayton.
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A borough of New Jersey.
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A town, the county seat of Union County, New Mexico; named for Clayton Dorsey, son of Arkansas statesman Stephen Wallace Dorsey.
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A town and village in New York; named for lawyer and politician John M. Clayton.
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A town in North Carolina.
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A city in Ohio; named for John Clayton, a War of 1812 veteran.
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A town in Oklahoma; named for the city in Missouri.
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A town in Crawford County, Wisconsin.
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A town and village in Polk County, Wisconsin; named for Clayton Rogers, the foreman of the town's sawmill.
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A town in Winnebago County, Wisconsin.
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A suburb of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England; named for the Clayton family which owned land nearby.
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A village in South Yorkshire.
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A suburb of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.
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A village in Hassocks parish, Mid Sussex district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ2914).
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A village in West Yorkshire.
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A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria; named for proprietor John Hughes Clark.
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A en given name.
antitrust
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adjective
(= antimonopoly)
of laws and regulations; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices
act
Verb
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& If you act in some way, you do something that makes people think you are that way.
When he must do something, he acts quickly.
Don't do anything strange. Just act normal.
She acted the fool when she saw him.
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If you act, you perform in a film or a play.
Daniel Radcliffe acts in the Harry Potter films.
act
Noun
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Something done, a deed.
Going into the house on fire to help a child was a brave act.
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An act is a law made by the government.
The UK's Freedom of Information Act was passed in 2004. It lets people ask questions of the government.
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An act is when you do something to make people believe something other than the truth.
Susan seems nice, but it's all an act.
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An act is a part of a play, opera, ballet, musical, film, or other theatrical piece. An act is sometimes divided into scenes.
The curtain comes down at the end of each act.