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Standard of Value — An agreed upon value for a transaction in a country s medium of exchange, such as the dollar or peso. A standard of value allows all merchants and economic entities to set uniform prices for goods and services. This standard is necessary in order … Investment dictionary
standard of value — the commodity that is made the measure of value in any comparison of values; specifically : the basis of value in the monetary system compare gold standard … Useful english dictionary
Value change dump — is an ASCII based format for dumpfiles generated by EDA logic simulation tools. The standard, four value VCD format was defined along with the Verilog hardware description language by the IEEE Standard 1364 1995 in 1995. An Extended VCD format… … Wikipedia
Standard atmosphere — can refer to:* A standard reference value for air pressure: ** Atmosphere (unit), an approximation of the value at sea level ** Atmospheric pressure, other reference values * A model of how atmospheric pressure varies with altitude: ** The U.S.… … Wikipedia
standard — n. & adj. n. 1 an object or quality or measure serving as a basis or example or principle to which others conform or should conform or by which the accuracy or quality of others is judged (by present day standards). 2 a the degree of excellence… … Useful english dictionary
Standard penetration test — The standard penetration test (SPT) is an in situ dynamic penetration test designed to provide information on the geotechnical engineering properties of soil. The test procedure is described in the British Standard BS 1377 9:1990 and ASTM D1586.… … Wikipedia
Value of life — The value of life (or price of life) is an economic or moral value assigned to life in general, or to specific living organisms. In social and political sciences, it is the marginal cost of death prevention in a certain class of circumstances. As … Wikipedia
standard money — noun : a monetary unit which is designated by a government to serve as the basis of its currency system and into which other types of money in the country are convertible compare standard of value * * * money made of a metal that has utility and… … Useful english dictionary
Value at risk — (VaR) is a maximum tolerable loss that could occur with a given probability within a given period of time. VaR is a widely applied concept to measure and manage many types of risk, although it is most commonly used to measure and manage the… … Wikipedia
standard — [stan′dərd] n. [ME < OFr estendard < Frank * standord, place of formation < Gmc * standan, to STAND + * ort, a place, orig., a point, akin to OE ord (see ODD): hence, orig., a standing place] 1. any figure or object, esp. a flag or… … English World dictionary
