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thereunder

American  
[thair-uhn-der] / ˌðɛərˈʌn dər /

adverb

  1. under or beneath that.

  2. under the authority of or in accordance with that.


thereunder British  
/ ˌðɛərˈʌndə /

adverb

  1. (in documents, etc) below that or it; subsequently in that; thereafter

  2. under the terms or authority of that

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of thereunder

before 900; Middle English therunder, Old English thǣrunder. See there, under

Example Sentences

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“Apple, despite knowing its obligations thereunder, thwarted the injunction’s goals, and continued its anticompetitive conduct solely to maintain its revenue stream.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 30, 2025

Thus, Riley Keough would become a co-trustee alongside her grandmother "with respect to the trust and all trust created thereunder."

From Salon Feb. 1, 2023

I found your article excellent in that it represented the American Revolution as a rebellion, not especially against the English Crown, rather against certain conditions then prevailing thereunder.

From Time Magazine Archive

So long as the 18th Amendment and the statutes thereunder are the law of the land, I favor generous appropriations for their enforcement.

From Time Magazine Archive

Philip tied his horse thereunder, and, noting a kind of dim glow through the oiled paper that filled the cabin's single window, gave two double knocks followed by a single one, upon the plank door.

From Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces. by Stephens, Robert Neilson

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