| DEC | a formal expression by a meeting |
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| DEC | a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written) |
| DEC | a formal public statement |
| DEC | (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction |
| DEC | (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make |
| DEC | a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties |
| DEC | return required of a taxpayer whose tax withheld from income does not meet the tax liability for the year |
| DEC | the document recording the proclamation of the 2nd American Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain |
| DEC | a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact |
| DEC | relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration |
| DEC | (grammar) relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple declarative statements |
| DEC | a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact |