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Cheese: Also ‘good cheese.’ Refers to a good fastball.

National Cheese Exchange (NCE): A now defunct private non-profit corporation that operated in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Every Friday morning for one-half hour, members of the NCE met to buy or sell cheddar cheese in 40-pound b . . . View Full Definition

Swiss Cheese Ball: A ball with many holes in it, used to determine the proper fit for a bowler so a custom ball can be drilled .

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program For Women Infants And Children (WIC): WIC provides federal grant funds to state health agencies and recognized Indian tribal organizations to operate programs for low-income pregnant and postpartum mothers, infants, and children . . . View Full Definition

Recourse Loan Program: Under the FAIR Act of 1996, recourse loans are available to producers of high moisture corn and seed cotton, dairy processors, and sugar processors. The commodity is pledged as security, but . . . View Full Definition

Spot Market: Commodities and foreign currencies are traded for immediate delivery and payment on the spot market, also known as a cash market. The term refers to the fact that the current market price is . . . View Full Definition

Utilization Rates: The percentage of milk in federal milk marketing orders that is used in each of the classes: Class III and iiia, cheese, butter, and nonfat dry milk: Class II, all other manufactured product . . . View Full Definition

Palatal Dipthongization: A sound change in which either the ash or the /e/ sound in Old English words became a diphthong when preceded by palatal consonants. For instance, Modern English cheese comes from Old Englis . . . View Full Definition

Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP): A program that evolved out of a surplus commodity donation efforts begun by the USDA in late 1981 to dispose of surplus foods (especially cheese) held by the Commodity Credit Corporation. Th . . . View Full Definition

Milk Equivalent: A measure of the quantity of fluid milk used in a processed dairy product, usually expressed on a milkfat basis. For example, one pound of cheese is the equivalent of 9.88 pounds of milk.