(n): any specific behavior
(n): a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury
(n): an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
(n): defense against financial failure; financial independence
(n): anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company
(n): the condition of being protected
(n): the state of being free from danger or injury
(n): kindly endorsement and guidance
(n): the act of endorsing
(n): the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition
(n): the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)
(n): payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence
(n): the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence)