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e e Section 2. DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this Franchise the following terms, phrases, words, abbreviations and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future tense, words in the plural number include the singular number, and words in the singular number include the plural number. The headings contained in this Franchise are to facilitate reference only, do not form a part of this Franchise, and shall not in any way affect the construction or interpretation hereof. Terms such as "hereby", "herein", "hereof', "hereinafter", "hereunder", and "hereto", refer to this Franchise as a whole and not to the particular sentence or paragraph where they appear, unless the context otherwise requires. The term "may" is permissive; the terms "shall" and "will" are mandatory, not merely directory. All .references to any gender shall be deemed to include all others, as the context may require. "Anniversary Date" shall mean the date on which this Franchise becomes effective and each annual anniversary thereof. "Anniversary Year" shall mean the twelve month period following an Anniversary Date. "Basic Cable Service" shall mean any service tier(s) offered or provided to all of its Subscribers, which include(s) the transmission of local (greater Houston metropolitan area) television broadcast signals. "Cable Act" shall mean the Communications Act of 1934, as amended by the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and as may be further amended from time to time. "Cable Service" shall mean the one-way transmission to Subscribers of video programming or other programming service that a cable operator makes available to all Subscribers generally, and 2