12 March 2017
sec(1)
[sek]
adjective
1. (of wines) dry; not sweet.
Origin of sec(1)
French
1885-1890;French; see sack3
sec(2)
[sek]
noun, Informal.
1. second(2) (def 2).
Origin
1955-60; by shortening
SEC or S.E.C
U.S. Government.
1. Securities and Exchange Commission: a board, consisting of five members, charged with regulating the public offer and sale of securities.
sec.
1. second.
2. secondary.
3. secretary.
4. section.
5. sector.
6. according to.
Origin
Latin secundum
sec−1
1. Symbol, Trigonometry. arc secant.
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Contemporary Examples
I find it troubling,” Schapiro said, “that the sec might have been deliberately excluded.
Wall Street’s New Top Cop
Allan Dodds Frank
April 27, 2009
For example, attendees shouted approval at questioners who bashed the sec for bungling their investigation.
Sticking It to Madoff Victims
Benjamin Sarlin
January 27, 2009
The solution: Disband the sec once and for all, and leave the enforcement of sec urities laws to criminal authorities.
How the SEC Got in Bed with the Madoffs. Literally.
Charlie Gasparino
December 15, 2008
The sec says it will seek financial penalties as well as “disgorgement of ill-gotten gain.”
SEC Sues Six Former Freddie, Fannie Executives Over ‘Ill-Gotten Gains’
Aram Roston
December 15, 2011
But the conjunction is often omitted in copulative and adversative clauses, as in sec.
An English Grammar
W. M. Baskervill and J. W. Sewell
Nor are we disposed to recede from our assertion made in sec.
Modern Painters Volume I (of V)
John Ruskin
He served in the American army, and also held some political posts, including that of sec.
A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature
John W. Cousin
Her house is in the Rue de l’Arbre sec, two doors from the convent.
In Kings’ Byways
Stanley J. Weyman
Les gupes mangent tout, et ce quelles ne mangent point est sec.
The Life of Albert Gallatin
Henry Adams
Today’s quote
All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
– Jack Kerouac
On this day
12 March 1922 – birth of Jack Kerouac, American beat-generation writer, ‘On the road‘. Died 21 October 1969.
12 March 1922 – Mahatma Gandhi arrested for promoting boycotts and civil unrest. He had campaigned for passive resistance to the British Empire and encouraged followers to not buy anything made in Britain or Europe.