In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.
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Question: Metonymy is a figure of speech in which a thing or concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept .

Answer: Metonymy is a term for a figure of speech .

Question: The National Lottery Heritage Fund , formerly the Heritage Lottery Fund ( HLF ) , distributes a share of National Lottery funding , supporting a wide range of heritage projects across the United Kingdom .

Answer: The Heritage Lottery Fund ( HLF ) is a fund established in the United Kingdom under the National Lottery etc .

Question: The word " cipher " ( minority spelling " cypher " ) in former times meant " zero " and had the same origin : Middle French as " " and Medieval Latin as " cifra , " from the Arabic " sifr " = zero ( see Zero Etymology ) .

Answer:
The word cipher in French is " cifre " and in Medieval Latin " cifra " , from the Arabic " sifr " , meaning ' zero ' .