1. acton - Noun
2. Acton - Proper noun
A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail.
Source: Webster's dictionary[Re:Claims Direct] No win, no fee, no basis in reality. Just a room above a minicab office in Acton and a steady stream of greedy simpletons whose delusion is only matched by their clumsiness. Bill Bailey
This gives its value to freedom as Acton conceived of it - as an end in itself, and not as a temporary need, arising out of our confused notions and irrational and disordered lives, a predicament which a panacea could one day put right. Isaiah Berlin
2006 - LINX membership reached 200. 2008 - LINX expanded again opening three new PoPs, this time adding considerably to the geographical diversity by doing so in the City of London, North Acton and Slough. Source: Internet
Acton, Edward (1995) Russia, The Tsarist and Soviet Legacy, Longmann Group Ltd, ISBN 0-582-08922-0 Engineers were sent abroad to learn industrial technology, and hundreds of foreign engineers were brought to Russia on contract. Source: Internet
Acton, p. 301. In January 1737, the Spanish troops withdrew from Tuscany, and were replaced by Austrians. Source: Internet
Acton, p. 188. Following a sprained ankle in 1731, he remained confined to his bed for the rest of his life. Source: Internet