commons
noun
[ ˈkɒmənz ]
• short for House of Commons.
• land or resources belonging to or affecting the whole of a community.
• "the mismanagement of a commons"
• provisions shared in common; rations.
Origin:
Middle English: plural of common.
common
noun
• a piece of open land for public use.
• "we spent the morning tramping over the common looking for flowers"
• common sense.
• (in the Christian Church) a form of service used for each of a group of occasions.
• a person's right over another's land, e.g. for pasturage or mineral extraction.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French comun (adjective), from Latin communis .
