Definition of performance

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Performance (n.) The act of performing; the carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance of an undertaking of a duty..

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Theatricals :: Theatricals (n. pl.) Dramatic performances; especially, those produced by amateurs..
Trappous :: Trappous (n.) Of or performance to trap; resembling trap, or partaking of its form or qualities; trappy..
Stationed :: Station (n.) One of the places at which ecclesiastical processions pause for the performance of an act of devotion; formerly, the tomb of a martyr, or some similarly consecrated spot; now, especially, one of those representations of the successive stages of our Lord's passion which are often placed round the naves of large churches and by the side of the way leading to sacred edifices or shrines, and which are visited in rotation, stated services being performed at each; -- called also Station o
Synagogue :: Synagogue (n.) A congregation or assembly of Jews met for the purpose of worship, or the performance of religious rites..
Follow :: Follow (v. t.) To watch, as a receding object; to keep the eyes fixed upon while in motion; to keep the mind upon while in progress, as a speech, musical performance, etc.; also, to keep up with; to understand the meaning, connection, or force of, as of a course of thought or argument..
Mortgage :: Mortgage (n.) A conveyance of property, upon condition, as security for the payment of a debt or the preformance of a duty, and to become void upon payment or performance according to the stipulated terms; also, the written instrument by which the conveyance is made..
Shirk :: Shirk (n.) One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.
Nonexecution :: Nonexecution (n.) Neglect or failure of execution; nonperformance.
Promise :: Promise (a.) In general, a declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another, which binds the person who makes it to do, or to forbear to do, a specified act; a declaration which gives to the person to whom it is made a right to expect or to claim the performance or forbearance of a specified act..
Fiasco :: Fiasco (n.) A complete or ridiculous failure, esp. of a musical performance, or of any pretentious undertaking..
Remit :: Remit (v. t.) To refrain from exacting or enforcing; as, to remit the performance of an obligation..
Timekeeper :: Timekeeper (n.) One who marks the time in musical performances.
Equestrianism :: Equestrianism (n.) The art of riding on horseback; performance on horseback; horsemanship; as, feats equestrianism..
Deposit :: Deposit (v. t.) Money lodged with a party as earnest or security for the performance of a duty assumed by the person depositing.
Play :: Play (n.) Performance on an instrument of music.
Sleight :: Sleight (n.) An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.
System :: System (n.) An assemblage of parts or organs, either in animal or plant, essential to the performance of some particular function or functions which as a rule are of greater complexity than those manifested by a single organ; as, the capillary system, the muscular system, the digestive system, etc.; hence, the whole body as a functional unity..
Inexecution :: Inexecution (n.) Neglect of execution; nonperformance; as, the inexecution of a treaty..
Penance :: Penance (n.) A means of repairing a sin committed, and obtaining pardon for it, consisting partly in the performance of expiatory rites, partly in voluntary submission to a punishment corresponding to the transgression. Penance is the fourth of seven sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church..
Prelude :: Prelude (v. t.) To introduce with a previous performance; to play or perform a prelude to; as, to prelude a concert with a lively air..
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