Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense consents , present participle consenting , past tense , past participle consented. 1. uncountable noun [usually with poss] If you give your consent to something, you give someone permission to do it. [formal] At approximately 11:30 p.m., Pollard finally gave his consent to the search.
Early History. Domino Sugar Corporation traces its roots back to William Havemeyer, an enterprising English immigrant who had worked as a supervisor in a cane sugar refinery and arrived in New York in 1799.
Entrepreneur's Hall of Fame: Debbi Fields. Debbi Fields is the Founder of Mrs. Fields Cookies. The business was started in 1977 in Palo Alto, California as Mrs. Field's Chocolate Chippery. The name was changed as the company began to diversify beyond the venerable chocolate chip. The company grosses over $300 million from over 1000 outlets in 9 countries.