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Double Signs, Double-Bodied Signs: Synonymous with bicorporeal signs; Gemini, Sagittarius, and Pisces. See also bicorporeal signs.

Double-Jump: In certain platform games, you can perform a second jump after the first while in mid-air, allowing you to reach high platforms.

Double-Stop: Playing two notes simultaneously on a string instrument.

Double-Entry Book-Keeping: A system which accounts for every aspect of a transaction - where it came from and where it went to. This from and to aspect of a transaction (called crediting and debiting) is what the term . . . View Full Definition

Double-Dip Lease: An accounting methodology in which depreciation is accelerated to twice the rate of annual depreciation by the straight-line method.

Double-Declining-Balance Depreciation Method (DDB): Method of accelerated depreciation.

Double-Tax Agreement: A cross-border lease in which the different rules of the lessor's and lessee's countries let both parties be treated as the owner of the leased equipment for tax purposes.

Double-Entry Accounting: A system of recording transactions in a way that maintains the equality of the accounting equation.

Doubles: A tennis game played by four players, two per side of the court

Feminine Signs: Earth and water signs. Feminine characteristics do not refer to sex or gender; they are associated with receptivity. Synonymous with negative signs.