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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.

deflexed

Sports; Archery

This is a description of the riser and its shape.

trap

Sports; Shooting

A device that flings or tosses clay targets into the air in trap shooting.

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