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Bankruptcy Score: A scoring system to indicate risk of borrower default.

Score: 1. The number of strokes taken on a hole or course (see also the chart of scores and their names) 2. To keep the number of strokes taken to a minimum

Scoreability: The scoring potential of a particular lane and condition. It can be used to describe how a lane has been optimized to increase the scores.

Running Up The Score: A generally discouraged practice in which a team, despite leading by several touchdowns (to the point that it is obvious that the team is going to win), continues to score as many points as . . . View Full Definition

Prepackaged Bankruptcy: A bankruptcy in which a debtor and its creditors pre-negotiate a plan of reorganization and then file it along with the bankruptcy petition.

Quality Score: A score assigned by search engines that is calculated by measuring an ad's clickthrough rate, analyzing the relevance of the landing page, and considering other factors used to determine the . . . View Full Definition

Scorecard: (also 'card') the card (usually stiff paper) used to record and tally scores during and after a round of golf

Standard Score: A score derived from the mean performance of a group on a test, as well as the comparative performance of all the individuals who took the test.

Wild yam (Dioscorea villosa): Increases liver efficiency by lowering serum cholesterol, helps prevent miscarriage,reduces dysmenorrhea, cramps, and afterpain (uterine cramps after giving birth).

Z Score: A bond on which interest accrues but is not currently paid to the investor but rather is added to the principal balance of the Z bond and becoming payable upon satisfaction of all prior bond classes.