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- DictionaryCom·mons/ˈkämənz/
plural
- 1. a dining hall in a residential school or college. US
- 2. land or resources belonging to or affecting the whole of a community.
plural
The commons is the cultural and natural resources accessible to all members of a society, including natural materials such as air, water, and a habitable Earth. These resources are held in common even when owned privately or publicly. Commons can also be understood as natural resources that groups of people (communities, user groups) manage for individual and collective benefit. Wikipedia