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Foot

In accounting, a slang term for adding numbers vertically on a page.

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Meanwhile, Thoms is staying with a relative on Wearside after his bail conditions included a ban from setting foot in his own street, Auckland, Chester-le-Street, County Durham, without express police permission.

Asbo man banned from his own home

Hutchison was uncomfortable setting foot in the building for years after it was turned into a museum, but now she could not resist a chance to visit the building that was her home from age 2 to age 18.

TRACKS LEAD TO DAYS OF YOUTH

Last Minute German offers the reader a series of short, practical phrases that they can hear on an accompanying CD, with the goal of having the language "in their ear" before setting foot in Germany.

Last Minute German

In examining the Hyde "ship," Traub's bias (that is, school = classroom) prevented him from setting foot into its powerful engine room: the Hyde Family Education Program.

Tough love at the Hyde schools

In the "adventure" category, she listed the Great Wall of China and setting foot on all seven continents.

'Exclusive' at CW online

She was spotted outside a music shop in Los Angeles but, by the look of her ill-fitting shirt, Britney would have been far better off setting foot in a boutique while she was there.