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n. A sudden flood, rush, or outpouring: "It issues a spate of words from the loudspeakers and the politicians” ( Virginia Woolf).

n. Chiefly British A flash flood.

n. Chiefly British A freshet resulting from a downpour of rain or melting of snow.

n. Chiefly British A sudden heavy fall of rain.

n. A river flood; an overflow or inundation.

n. A sudden rush or increase.

n. A river flood; an overflow or inundation.

n. A natural outpour of water; a flood; specifically, a sudden flood or freshet, as from a swollen river or lake.

n. the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow

n. a sudden forceful flow

n. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

"But one group of Boston brokers also has detected what they call a spate of "rent engineering" -- a tactic of getting the highest possible face rent by giving the tenant favorable terms on other aspects of the leases."

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