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Birthday Honours
birthday suit
birthing
birthing center
birthing chair
birthing room
birthmark
birthplace
birthrate
birthright
birthroot
birthstone
birthwort
biryani
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birthrate
birth·rate [ búrth ràyt ]


noun 
Definition:
 
number of children born per year: the number of live births per 1,000 members of the population in a year
a declining birthrate
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