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(common)

(usually singular in construction) A public area, especially a dining hall, at a college or university; a similar shared spaced elsewhere.

(usually singular in construction) A (common#Noun) (common land); especially, a central section of (usually an older) town, designated as a shared area.

(figuratively) The mutual good of all; the abstract concept of resources shared by more than one, for example air, water, information.

The common people collectively, the third estate, the people not belonging to the nobility or clergy

(historical) The free burghers/bourgeoisie of a given town, taken collectively.

(obsolete) An outhouse. +

(Oxford University) Food served at a fixed rate from the college buttery, distinguished from battels.

Food in general; rations.

(s-verb-form)