(astronomy) The small cluster of galaxies that contains the Milky Way Galaxy; includes Andromeda, Triangulum, the Large Magellanic Cloud, Small Magellanic Cloud and others.

(original meaning) An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy. / (by extension, Australia, New Zealand) Any alcoholic beverage.

(ceramics) To grind and screen (clay) to a specific particle size.

(military) The military units operating on the ground, including tanks, soldiers, artillery, etc.

The total weight of a vehicle and its freight, fuel, passengers etc. / The total weight of a product and its packaging.

Income generated before deducting expenses, taxes, insurance, etc. / In United States tax law, income that is subject to taxation under the Internal Revenue Code (see Internal Revenue Code 61).

(Canada, US) Beef that has been ground; minced beef.

(idiomatic) A characteristic or interest shared by multiple people or systems; any belief, etc. held in common.

(intransitive, idiomatic) To succeed or begin to succeed. / (transitive, idiomatic) To make (something) succeed.

(crystallography, mineralogy) The set of all symmetry operations that can be applied to a given crystal without changing it.