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Head Stand (Sirshasana): A balance pose. Stand upside down – with your head on the floor and legs extended towards the ceiling. Place your palms under your head.

Standard Costs: Investment approach that advocates a firm should accept or reject a project by comparing it with securities in the same risk class.

Standard Community Rating: A type of community rating in which an MCO considers only community-wide data and establishes the same financial performance goals for all risk classes. Also known as pure community rating.

Standard Costs Plus Variances: A target or average cost that can be used either to value inventory or as a basis of comparison with actual costs. Standard costs can often be used to calculate cost of sales, in which case . . . View Full Definition

Standard Coverage Policy: A standard coverage policy normally insures the title as it is known from the public records. In addition, the standard policy insures against such hidden defects as forged documents, convey . . . View Full Definition

Standard Bike: Tends to be a motorcycle without frills such as saddlebags, windshield, radio, or trunk. It is the cheapest to buy and usually has small rake and trail.

Standard Atmosphere: A standard atmosphere has been defined by the International Civil Aeronautical Organization (ICAO). It assumes a mean sea level temperature of 15°C a standard sea level pressure of 1,013.25 . . . View Full Definition

Standard and Poors (S and P): Standard & Poor's (S&P) is an investment services company that rates bonds, stock, commercial paper, and insurance companies. It also compiles influential stock market indexes and publishes . . . View Full Definition

Standard Air (Standard Atmosphere): An arbitrary atmosphere established for calibration of aircraft instruments. Standard Air Density is 29.92 inches of mercury and temperature of 59° F, equivalent to an atmospheric air pressu . . . View Full Definition

Standard and Poors Depositary Receipt (SPDR): When you buy SPDRs — pronounced spiders — you're buying shares in a unit investment trust (UIT) that owns a portfolio of stocks included in Standard & Poor's 500-stock Index (S&P 500). A sha . . . View Full Definition