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grassing

grassing  n.— «The Tasmanian-made bricks have a special mix of local clay with a high shale content to reduce shrinkage. Before being used to reconstruct the walls next February, the bricks will be stored on site to allow them to...

hypedrogen

hypedrogen  n.— «The road from Uranium to Hydrogen leads through process heat generators. Instead of turning a turbine with steam, the idea of of the hypedrogen economy types is not to create electricity, but hydrogen. “Joy”...

V-tail

V-tail  n.— «Electronic commerce, for all of its ease and convenience, still doesn’t offer the same feeling of browsing a physical store. That’s all about to change, however. The gap is narrowing as retailers enter the Second Life virtual...

scratch and dent loan

scratch and dent loan  n.— «The “other” category includes…scratch and dent loans and resecuritizations.» —by Frank J. Fabozzi Handbook of Mortgage-Backed Securities Dec. 21, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued...

scratch and dent loan

scratch and dent loan n. a loan or mortgage that has become a risky debt investment, especially one secured with minimal documentation or made by a borrower who has missed payments. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

salt

salt  n.— «With that, Madrid became what’s called “a salt”: a union employee who infiltrates nonunion work sites. His work is part of a larger effort by New Orleans trade unions to combat what they call an underground cash-only...

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