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Agent BanknounMWEA member of a bankcard company that agrees to participate in an acquirer's merchant processing program. The agent may be liable for losses incurred on its merchant accounts. An agent is usually a small financial institution that wants to offer merchant processing services as a customer service. Agent banks that only refer merchants to an acquiring financial institution's program are known as referral banks.Organization
Agentive RolenounMWEthe semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clauseverified
Ageratumnounrhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowersverified
Agglutinating ActivitynounMWEthe coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solutionverified
Agglutinationnounthe building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combiningverified
Aggrandisementnounthe act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of somethingverified
Aggrandizementnounthe act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of somethingverified
Aggravated AssaultnounMWEa reckless attack with intent to injure seriously, as with a deadly weaponverified
Aggregate FruitnounMWEfruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberryverified
Aggregate Short PositionnounMWEThe sum of a Settlement Member's short positions, each such short position expressed in its base currency equivalent and adjusted by the applicable haircut.MetricRegulated
Aggregate Short Position LimitnounMWEIn respect of a Settlement Member, the maximum aggregate short position that such Settlement Member is permitted to incur at any time.RequirementRegulated
AgilenounA philosophy and methodology used to describe the continuous, iterative process to develop and deliver software and other digital technologies. User requirements and feedback inform incremental development and delivery by developers.Process
AgilitynounIn IT systems, the ability to rapidly incorporate new technologies or changes to technologies allowing an organization to adapt to changing business needs.Capability
Agitated DepressionnounMWEa state of clinical depression in which the person exhibits irritability and restlessnessverified
Agitpropnounpolitical propaganda (especially communist propaganda) communicated via art and literature and cinemaverified
Agnathannouneel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct formsverified
Agonic LinenounMWEan imaginary line connecting points on the Earth's surface where the magnetic declination is zeroverified
Agonistnoun(biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reactionverified
Agony AuntnounMWEa newspaper columnist who answers questions and offers advice on personal problems to people who write inverified
Agoraphobianouna morbid fear of open spaces, or a fear of being caught alone in some public placeverified
Agoutinounagile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indiesverified
Agranulocytosisnounan acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytesverified
Agranulosisnounan acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytesverified
Agraphianouna loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesionverified
agreementnounAn explicit agreement between a data subject who is the legal owner of their personal information (PI) with someone who has a fiduciary or legal duty to the data subject, such as a parent or legal guardian of a minor, or someone who has a legal power of attorney to act in the place of an original data subject.Record Example
agreement that specifies how the information flow is enforcednounMWEA formal, documented commitment between two or more organizations — typically an interconnection security agreement (ISA), memorandum of understanding/agreement (MOU/MOA), or data-sharing contract — whose specific purpose is to articulate the technical and policy rules that govern *how* data is permitted to move across an organizational or security-domain boundary and how those rules are actively implemented and verified. Information flow control regulates where information can travel within a system and between systems — in contrast to who is allowed to access the information — and without regard to subsequent accesses to that information. Such an agreement is invoked precisely when two parties operate under different security or privacy policies, because transferring information between systems in different security or privacy domains with different security or privacy policies introduces the risk that such transfers violate one or more domain security or privacy policies. In practice, enforcement includes prohibiting information transfers between connected systems, verifying write permissions before accepting information from another security or privacy domain, employing hardwarRequirementRegulated
Agricultural AgentnounMWEan advisor employed by the government to assist people in rural areas with methods of farming and home economicsverified
Agriculturalistnounsomeone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soilverified
Agriculturistnounsomeone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soilverified
Agrimonianouna plant of the genus Agrimonia having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowersverified
Agrimonynouna plant of the genus Agrimonia having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowersverified
Agrobiologynounthe study of plant nutrition and growth especially as a way to increase crop yieldverified
Agronomynounthe application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop productionverified
Aguacatenouna pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seedverified
Ahimsanouna Buddhist and Hindu and especially Jainist doctrine holding that all forms of life are sacred and urging the avoidance of violenceverified
AInounthe branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creativelyverified
Ai PrinciplesnounMWE[An overarching concept, value, belief, or norm that guides AI development, testing, and deployment across the AI lifecycle. The OECD] identifies five complementary values-based principles for the responsible stewardship of trustworthy AI and calls on AI actors to promote and implement them: inclusive growth, sustainable development and well-being; human-centred values and fairness; transparency and explainability; robustness, security and safety; and accountability.Framework
Aid StationnounMWE(military) a station located near a combat area for giving first aid to the woundedverified
Aide-Memoirenouna memorandum summarizing the items of an agreement (used especially in diplomatic communications)verified
Aigretnouna long plume, especially one of egret feathers, worn on a hat, or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plumeverified
Aigrettenouna long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plumeverified