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declare | American Dictionary

declare
verb[ T ]
us/dɪˈkleər/
to announce or express something clearly and publicly, esp. officially:
The courts declared the policy unconstitutional.
A state of emergency has been declared because of severe flooding.
People use their license plates to declare their team loyalty.
[ + that clause ]I declare that is the best chocolate cake I’ve ever eaten!

declare | Business English

declare
verb[ T ]
uk /dɪˈkleər/us
to make a public or official statement about something:
All pre-existing health conditions should be declared to your insurer.
After the acquittal, CEO, Bill Peters, declared: "We feel vindicated."
declare (that)The Serious Fraud Office is expected to declare that it will be conducting further investigations.
declare sb/sth (to be) sthThe WTO issued an interim ruling declaring the subsidies illegal.
declare yourself to be sthSilverjet, the transatlantic business airline, has declared itself carbon-neutral.
declare a ban/moratorium on sthIn times of crisis the industry must declare a moratorium on aggressive marketing and sales tactics.
declare bankruptcyIf restrictions on air travel are enforced, several of the large airlines may be forced to declare bankruptcy.
declare sb bankruptFigures released by the bank showed almost 12,000 companies had been declared bankrupt in the third quarter of the year.
TAX
to make a written statement to the tax authorities containing information about money you have earned, shares you have bought, etc.:
Winterway Investments have declared a 14.6% stake in the new corporation.
Companies who fail to declare their accounts on time are breaking the law.
declare earnings/profits/lossesMany eBay traders are unaware that they have to declare their earnings.
TAX, TRANSPORT
to tell customs that you are bringing goods into a country on which you have to pay tax:
The green channel is for those passengers with nothing to declare.
 declare an interest/a conflict of interest(s)
to say publicly that you could gain a personal advantage from a situation and so might not be able to make decisions that are fair and honest:
The Mayor was advised to declare a potential conflict of interest over a road project that could boost his wife's business.
 declare a dividend
FINANCE, STOCK MARKET
to tell shareholders that they will receive a dividend(= a share of a company's profits) and how much it will be:
The Fund declares and pays dividends on net investment income on a quarterly basis.

Examples of declare

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This tendency was reinforced in 1939 when the government declared the gas supply a state-owned public monopoly.
Variables declared with an abstract specification are similar to variables in type theory.
By 1998, all the teachers in the sample declared that they included popular music.
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, this right meant that sales of inherited land to non-relatives could be declared invalid within a specified time period.
Assignment statements update variables declared in their block or in an enclosing one.
But its ascent to prominence should not and cannot be achieved simply by declaring jurisdiction over world affairs.
After its initial difficulties, it was, he declared, finally 'a respectable academic discipline'.
Actually, the lexicon consists of a set of source lexical files, where each entry is declared with a minimal set of proper ties.
What is, however, the propositional attitude involved in utterances which declare facts as proven?
Next, the mats-symbolic seats of authority-of the lords were "counted" and ranked, and the lords declared their candidacy for various political positions.
Its declared purpose was to tax huge profits made through war-time profiteering, as well as to combat inflation.
The presidential election was, however, declared by an international group of monitors to have been largely ' free and fair '.
She declared a piece of vineyard with olive trees, which was valued at 6 florins.
By the end of an employment relationship, an employer has to declare when (date and time) the employee in question leaves the company.
Rules, moreover, determine which officials count the votes, certify the victor, and declare the election to be legitimate.
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