criteria or criterion

There are several words with Latin or Greek roots whose plural forms ending in A are constantly mistaken for singular ones. See, for instance, and . You can have one criterion or many criteria. Don’t confuse them.

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• practicle vs practical
• standalone vs stand-alone
• verbage vs verbiage
• champaign vs champagne
• any where vs anywhere
• skiddish vs skittish
• soundbyte vs sound bite
• epic vs epoch
• all for not vs all for naught
• dealed vs dealt

Definitions

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• n  a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
• n  the ideal in terms of which something can be judged

News & Articles

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• Fitch Updates Structured Finance Criteria for Rating Caps and Limitations; No Rating Impact
  Link to Fitch Ratings' Report: Criteria for Rating Caps and Limitations in Global Structured Finance Transactions: http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?r
  June 12, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
• City council approves tax abatement criteria for Roosevelt School project
  The Ames City Council has approved the criteria needed for the Roosevelt school re-development project to be eligible for a tax abatement. The council voted on two different issues concerning the project during its meeting Tuesday. The first was to determine if the project would be eligible for tax abatement.
  June 12, 2013 - The Ames Tribune
• Council approves tax abatement criteria for Roosevelt project
  The Ames City Council has approved the criteria needed for the Roosevelt school re-development project to be eligible for a tax abatement. The council voted on two different issues concerning the project during its meeting Tuesday. The first was to determine if the project would be eligible for tax abatement.
  June 12, 2013 - The Ames Tribune

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• Lynn Parramore: Obama Nominates America’s Biggest Walmart Cheerleader as His Chief Economic Adviser
  Apparently, the most important criterion for getting an important post in the Obama Administration is telling Big Lies, better yet with data. Jason Furman claims Walmart is a “progressive success story.”
  June 12, 2013 - Naked Capitalism
• Black Forest Fire forces mail delivery reroute for 4,000 addresses
  The spread of the Black Forest fire has affected mail delivery for nearly 4,000 addresses. For those in the Black Forest area, mail will be held at the U.S. Post Office’s Briargate Station, 8585 Criterion Drive, and can be picked up at the side door in the lobby from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Call [...]
  June 12, 2013 - Colorado Springs Business Journal
• Lynn Parramore: Obama Nominates America’s Biggest Walmart Cheerleader as His Chief Economic Adviser
  Apparently, the most important criterion for getting an important post in the Obama Administration is telling Big Lies, better yet with data. Jason Furman claims Walmart is a “progressive success story.”
  June 12, 2013 - Naked Capitalism