A district of Oradea, Bihor, Romania / A river in the Vendée department, Pays de la Loire, France / A river in Normandie, France, flowing through Orne department and Calvados department

(intransitive) To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something. / (transitive, archaic) To rival (something), etc.

(obsolete) A contest.

(obsolete) In rivalry.

(business) Abbreviation of variable interest entity. / Abbreviation of vacuum insulated evaporator.

An expression of acceptance of misfortune in life; that's life; such is life; so it goes

brandy or similar spirit

plural of eau de vie

plural of life estate pur autre vie

(law) An estate in land which is given by a grantor to a party only for the duration of the life of a third party, and for which ownership will revert to another upon the death of that third party.