the state of being in effect or being operative
a planned activity involving many people performing various actions
a business especially one run on a large scale
the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
(computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)
a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
