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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
Case HistorynounMWEdetailed record of the background of a person or group under study or treatmentverified
Case LawnounMWEa system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory lawsverified
Case LoadnounMWEthe number of cases handled in a given period of time (as by a court or agency)verified
Case OfficernounMWEan operative who also serves as an official staffer of an intelligence serviceverified
Case StudynounMWEa careful study of some social unit (as a corporation or division within a corporation) that attempts to determine what factors led to its success or failureverified
Case-Fatality ProportionnounMWEthe number of cases of a disease ending in death divided by the number of cases of the diseaseverified
Case-To-Infection ProportionnounMWEthe number of cases of a disease divided by the number of infections with the agent that causes the diseaseverified
Case-To-Infection RationounMWEthe number of cases of a disease divided by the number of infections with the agent that causes the diseaseverified
Casemaking Clothes MothnounMWEthe larvae live in tubes of its food material fastened with silk that it spinsverified
Cash AccountnounMWEan account with a securities brokerage whose transactions are settled on a cash basisverified
Cash BasisnounMWEa method of accounting in which each item is entered as payments are received or madeverified
Cash CropnounMWEa readily salable crop that is grown and gathered for the market (as vegetables or cotton or tobacco)verified
Cash DispensernounMWEan unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is usedverified
Cash EquivalentnounMWEa highly liquid debt instrument with maturities of less than three monthsverified
Cash FlownounMWEthe excess of cash revenues over cash outlays in a give period of time (not including non-cash expenses)verified
cash in one's chipsverbMWEto pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain lifeverified
Cash LetternounMWEA group of checks accompanied by a paper listing sent to a clearinghouse, a Federal Reserve Bank, or another institution. A cash letter contains a number of negotiable items, mostly checks, accompanied by a letter that lists the amounts and instructions for transmittal to another bank. May also be called a transmittal letter. An incoming cash letter is one that is received by an institution from a clearinghouse, a Federal Reserve Bank, or another institution and contains checks written on accounts at the institution that were cashed elsewhere. An outgoing cash letter is one that is being sent to a clearinghouse, a Federal Reserve Bank, or another institution and contains checks deposited at the institution, which are written on accounts at other institutions.verified
Cash MachinenounMWEan unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is usedverified
cash outverbMWEto choose a simpler life style after questioning personal and career satisfaction goalsverified
Cash Surrender ValuenounMWEthe amount that the insurance company will pay on a given life insurance policy if the policy is cancelled prior to the death of the insuredverified
Cashew TreenounMWEtropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roastedverified
Cashier's ChecknounMWEa check issued by the officer of a bank on the banks own account (not that of a private person)verified
Cashier's ChequenounMWEa check issued by the officer of a bank on the banks own account (not that of a private person)verified
Caspase-Mediated Cell DeathnounMWEa type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itselfverified
Cast IronnounMWEan alloy of iron containing so much carbon that it is brittle and so cannot be wrought but must be shaped by castingverified
Casting LotsnounMWEmaking a chance decision by using lots (straws or pebbles etc.) that are thrown or drawnverified
Castor Bean PlantnounMWElarge shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricinverified
Castor-Oil PlantnounMWElarge shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricinverified
Castration AnxietynounMWE(psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functionsverified
Cat CrackernounMWEa chemical reactor for converting oils with high boiling points into fuels with lower boiling points in the presence of a catalystverified
Cat Scratch DiseasenounMWEa disease thought to be transmitted to humans by a scratch from a catverified
Cat SuitnounMWEa tight-fitting garment of stretchy material that covers the body from the shoulders to the thighs, and may have long sleeves or legs reaching down to the anklesverified
Cat ThymenounMWEMediterranean germander having small hairy leaves and reddish purple flowersverified
Cat's EyenounMWEany of various gems (as chrysoberyl or chalcedony) that reflect light when cut in a rounded shapeverified
Cat's FootnounMWElow-growing perennial herb having leaves with whitish down and clusters of small white flowersverified
Cataloged ProcedurenounMWEa set of control statements that have been placed in a library and can be retrieved by nameverified