| -ance, -ence, | } | form abstract nouns, the act of: abundance, diligence, repentance, consistence, pliancy, clemency. |
| -ancy, -ency, | } |
-and, -end, that which is to be: memorand-um, -a, agend-a, multiplicand; dividend, legend, minuend, subtrahend.
-ant, -ent (participle), one who (does): assistant, combatant, lieutenant, litigant, agent, client, patient, regent.
-ar, one who (is or does): scholar, vicar.
-ary, place for: apiary, granary, library, seminary. It also designates a trade, profession, business: actuary, commissary, lapidary, notary, secretary; incendiary, voluptuary.
-ate, agent, state, office: advocate, consulate, curate, legate, postulate, protectorate, pontificate.
-ce, -ice, form abstract nouns: benefice, device, justice, palace, service.
-cle, -cel, diminutive: corpuscle, parcel.
-ee, (Fr. form of -ate), person to whom: assignee, employee, grantee, legatee, trustee, vendee.