Holiday

Holiday

Any day fixed by law, custom or religion on which day-to-day business is suspended for the celebration or commemmoration of some event or public figure.

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With Particular Average (WPA)

Financial services; General Finance

See: With Average

granny ring

Sports; Bicycle & electric bicycle

the smallest of the three chainrings on a triple chainring.

Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990

Energy; Coal

Originally passed by the U.S. congress in 1963, it was amended in 1970 and 1990. The 1990 amendment addressed issues such as emissions trading, acid rain, ozone depletion.

twisting

Financial services; General Finance

Convincing a customer that trades are necessary in order to generate a commission. This is an unethical practice.

retrograde motion

Astronomy; Mars

Backward (westward) motion of the planet among the stars, resulting from the fact that it is viewed from the moving earth. It is the motion that a planet has when its right ...