adverb
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(in documents, etc) below this; subsequently; hereafter
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under the terms or authority of this
Etymology
Origin of hereunder
Middle English word dating back to 1175–1225; see origin at here, under
Example Sentences
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Should UW fire Lake for cause, “all obligations of the University to make further payments or provide other consideration hereunder shall cease,” his contract states.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2021
In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The Buyer is obligated to make all payments hereunder.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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Both have the same method of argumentation, and hereunder many parallels are given.
From Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence by Joel Moody
The number of souldiours which went to the warres of Hungary this yeere were 470000, as by the particulars giuen by the Admirall to the Ambassadour hereunder doe appeare.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 09 Asia, Part II by Richard Hakluyt
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