R.I.B.A.
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"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of riba
C21: from Arabic al-Riba , literally: to excess or increase
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In the Journal of Proceedings R.I.B.A. vol. iv.
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The French public have been enabled to admire this house through the excellent article of my friend and fellow-member of the R.I.B.A.,
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Fellow, President of the Society, and printed in the R.I.B.A.
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Of course, The Instigator started off pacing and measuring the room's verandah, etc., in order to devise a scheme for the best improvements for the estancia, and before long he and The Delineator had made out a plan which would drive any member of the R.I.B.A. to desperation, but caused its authors enormous joy.
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