(n) a graph purporting to show the relation between tax rates and government income; income increases as tax rates increase up to an optimum beyond which income declines
(n) French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826), Syn. Jean Laffite, Lafitte, Jean Lafitte
(n) rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes, Syn. pilaff, pilaw, pilau
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