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Financial services; General Finance
The two-character ISO 3166 country code for SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES.
security characteristic line
Financial services; General Finance
A plot on a graph of the excess return on a security over the risk-free rate as a function of the excess return on the market. The slope of this line is the security's beta.
orbit
Astronomy; General astronomy
The path of one object about another (used here for an object orbiting the sun).
back tackle
Sports; Soccer
an attempt by a defender to take the ball away from a ball carrier by swinging the defender's leg in front of the ball from behind.