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Debt Service: Amount of payment due regularly to meet a debt agreement; usually a monthly, quarterly or annual obligation.

Navy Service (A): Motors designed to meet requirements of MIL M-17059 or MlL M-17060 for high shock and service and are essential to the combat effectiveness of a ship. These motors are usually made of nodular iron.

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS): A USDA agency responsible for developing and carrying out national soil and water programs in cooperation with landowners, operators, and others. It was created in 1994 reorganization legisl . . . View Full Definition

Nonfinancial Services: Such things as freight, insurance, passenger services, and travel.

Online Service: A business that provides its subscribers with a wide variety of data transmitted over telecommunications lines. Online services provide an infrastructure in which subscribers can communicate . . . View Full Definition

Original Issue Discount Debt (OID Debt): Debt that is initially offered at a price below par.

National Weather Service (NWS): A primary branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, it is responsible for all aspects of observing and forecasting atmospheric conditions and their consequences, includi . . . View Full Definition

National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS): An agency within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at the Department of Commerce. NMFS administers programs that support the domestic and international conservation . . . View Full Definition

Multiple Service Operator (MSO): A cable TV service provider that also provides other services such as data and/or voice telephony.

Multiple-Listing Service (MLS): A marketing organization composed of member brokers who agree to share their listing agreements with one another in the hope of procuring ready, willing and able buyers for their properties . . . View Full Definition