sukuk el-tamwil n.— «Egyptian civil law limits the interest on a conventional bond to 7 per cent. This would hardly attract investors, with inflation running at over 30 per cent. However, Law 146 allows for the issue of sukuk el-tamwil, instruments...
busher n.— «“Busher” Jackson got his nickname from trainer Tim Daly. Jackson was hurt and Daly asked him to carry some sticks and Jackson said that he wasn’t there to carry sticks he was in Toronto to play hockey. Daly replied, “You’ll carry the...
sero-sorting n.— «The practice is known as sero-sorting, which involves men choosing sex partners based on their common serostatus, a term that refers to the presence of antibodies to a particular infectious agent in the blood.» —“A Good Report on...
serostatus n.— «The practice is known as sero-sorting, which involves men choosing sex partners based on their common serostatus, a term that refers to the presence of antibodies to a particular infectious agent in the blood. “Studies have shown...
drylabbing n.— «For years, while rain from a leaky roof contaminated evidence in the Houston Police Crime Laboratory.…Officials even failed to take proper action when two laboratory analysts were cited for four instances of fabricating scientific...
swellbow n.— «When they skate, they keep falling on their elbows, and there’s a name for it called swellbow. So we give tip cards that explain what swellbow is physiologically and what’s happening to their body anatomically, and then how they can...
