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Embryo Sac: Alternate term applied to the angiosperm female gametophyte contained within a megaspore.

Sacrifice Bunt: A bunt intended to advance runners at the expense of the batter being put out. The hitless plate appearance is not counted towards a player's batting average.

Sacrifice Fly: Fly ball out that scores a runner from third base.

Structured Arbitrage Transaction: A form of pricing efficiency, that posits that the price of a security reflects all information, whether or not it is publicly available. Related: Weak-form efficiency, semi-strong form efficiency.

Taxable Transaction: Taxed private-purpose bonds issued by the state or local government to finance prohibited projects such as sports stadiums.

Super Audio Compact Disc (SACD): SACD is one of two main emerging new standards for high-resolution audio on compact discs. The other is DVD-Audio. It was developed by Sony and is based on a licensed technology called Direc . . . View Full Definition

Sacred Music: Religious or spiritual music, for church or devotional use.

Sackbut: Early brass instrument, ancestor of the trombone.

Riskless Transaction: A transaction that is guaranteed a profit, such as the arbitrage of a temporary differential between commodity prices in two different markets. The evaluation of whether dealer markups and m . . . View Full Definition

Polysaccharides: Long chains of monosaccharide units bonded together; e.g., glycogen, starch, and cellulose.