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Lighten Up: Selling some part of a stock or bond position in a portfolio to realize capital gains or to losses or increase cash assets.

Split-Coupon Bond: (1) Purchases or sales shared with others. (2) Division of the outstanding shares of a corporation into a large number of shares. Ordinarily, splits must be proposed by directors and approve . . . View Full Definition

Spread Leg Forward Fold (Upavista Konasana): A seated pose. Sitting, spread the legs as wide as possible. Lower your upper body down until it touches the floor between legs. Arms should be kept straight, close to your ears.

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

Soup Kitchen-Food Bank Program: Originally authorized under the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988 to buy commodities for soup kitchens and food banks not participating in the Emergency Food Assistance Program (EFAP). Program a . . . View Full Definition

Sock Puppet: an online identity used to either hide a persons real identity or to establish multiple user profiles.

Solubilizing Group: A group or substructure on a molecule that increases the molecule's solubility. Solubilizing groups usually make the molecule they are attached to ionic or polar. For example, hydrocarbon ch . . . View Full Definition

Sound Cup: A coffee with no particular positive characteristic and without negative characteristics.

Squaring Up: When a player's shoulders are facing the basket as he releases the ball for a shot; considered the best shooting position.

Stabilized Display (North-Upward): A ppi display in which the orientation of the relative motion presentation is fixed to an unchanging reference (north). This display is north-upward, normally. In an unstabilized display, th . . . View Full Definition