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Noun: Beveridge  be-vu-rij
  1. British economist (born in India) whose report on social insurance provided the basis for most of the social legislation on which the welfare state in the United Kingdom is based (1879-1963)
    - William Beveridge, William Henry Beveridge, First Baron Beveridge

Sounds like: beverage

Type of: economic expert, economist

Encyclopedia: Beveridge, Peter