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Hanse
/hæns/
A merchant guild, particularly the Fellowship of London Merchants (the "Old Hanse") given a monopoly on London's foreign trade by the Normans or its successor, the Company of Merchant Adventurers (the "New Hanse"), incorporated in 1497 and chartered under Henry VII and Elizabeth I.
📖 Definitions of "Hanse"
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A merchant guild, particularly the Fellowship of London Merchants (the "Old Hanse") given a monopoly on London's foreign trade by the Normans or its successor, the Company of Merchant Adventurers (the "New Hanse"), incorporated in 1497 and chartered under Henry VII and Elizabeth I.
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The rights and privileges of such guilds, particularly their trade monopolies.
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A commercial association of Scottish free burghs in the Middle Ages.
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The Hanseatic League: a commercial association of German towns in the Middle Ages.
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The guildhall of a Hanse.
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A fee payable to the Hanse, particularly its entrance fee and the impost levied on non-members trading in its area.
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That part of an elliptical or many-centred arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost.
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