yellow vulture n.— «Time-distance ticketing systems use multiple cameras spaced far apart on a freeway. Each car is photographed once as it enters the first section of road. Miles later a second photograph is taken that allows the vehicle’s average...
vulture clause n.— «Crist termed it the “vulture clause” because private companies could conceivably offer someone in Citizens a rate that was 24 percent higher and the homeowner would be forced to accept it.» —“Insurance plan marks first test for...
vulture pit n.— «A vulture pit is an opencast operation that cuts into and through previous deep mine workings.» —“Open cast asides” by Gareth Davis A Councillor Writes (Cramlington, Northumberland, U.K.) July 11, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued...
