commons

n. pl. பொதுமக்கள், பொதுமக்கள் பிரதிநிதிகள், பொதுமக்களின் பிரதிநிதித்துவ மன்றம், பிரிட்டனின் சட்டப் பொதுமன்றம், பொதுநிலம், ஆக்ஸ்போர்டுப் பல்கலைக்கழகத்தில் குறிப்பிட்ட விலைக்குப் பரிமாறப்படும் உணவுப் பொருள் பங்கீடு, பொதுவான உணவு, பங்கீட்டு உணவு.

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Com"mons, n. pl., 1. The mass of the people, as distinguished from the titled chasses or nobility; the commonalty; the common people. [Eng.] 'T is like the commons, rude unpolished hinds, Could send such message to their sovereign. Shak. The word commons in its present ordinary signification comprises all the people who are under the rank of peers. Blackstone. 2. The House of Commons, or lower house of the British Parliament, consisting of representatives elected by the qualified voters of counties, boroughs, and universities. It is agreed that the Commons were no part of the great council till some ages after the Conquest. Hume. 3. Provisions; food; fare, -- as that provided at a common table in colleges and universities. Their commons, though but coarse, were nothing scant. Dryden. 4. A club or association for boarding at a common table, as in a college, the members sharing the expenses equally; as, to board in commons. 5. A common; public pasture ground. To shake his ears, and graze in commons. Shak. Doctors' Commons, a place near St. Paul's Chuchyard in London where the doctors of civil law used to common together, and where were the ecclesiastical and admiralty courts and offices having jurisdiction of marriage licenses, divorces, registration of wills, etc. -- To be on short commons, to have small allowance of food. [Colloq.]

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