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  S

S.

Signed

S.7

Seller's delivery in seven days (N.Y. Stock Exchange)

S.A., SA

Semi-annual

SAIF

Savings Association Insurance Fund

SAVE

System for automatic value exchange

S. & L. Assn.

Savings and loan association

S. & M.

Semi-annual payments of interest or dividends in September and March

S&P

Standard & Poor's

S/b

Short bill

S/D

Sight draft, sea manage

S.D.B.L.

Sight draft, bill of lading attached

S/D D/P

Sight draft documents against payment

S.D.Co.

Safe deposit company

S.D.M.J.

Quarterly payments of interest or dividends in September, December, March and June

SDR

Special drawing rights

SE

Shareholders equity

SEC

Securities and Exchange Commission

Sec.

Security, secured

SEP

Simplified employee pension plan

Ser.

Series, serial

S.F., SF

Sinking fund

SG&A

Selling, general and administrative expenses

Sgd.

Signed

Shipt.

Shipment

Shs.

Shares

Sig.

Signature

Sig. Mis.

Signature missing

Sig. Unk.

Signature unknown

Sld.

Sold

SLO

Stop limit order, stop loss order

SMSA

Standard metropolitan statistical area

S/N

Shipping note

SNAFU

Situation normal, all fouled up

S.O., S/O

Seller's option, shipping order

SOP

Standard operating procedure, Statement of Position

S.O.S.

Suspend other service

SP.

Stop payment, supra protest

S.S., S/S

Steamship

S.S. B/L

Steamship bill of lading

S.T., S.tn

Short ton(s)

STC's

Stock trust certificates

Stg.

Sterling

Stk.

Stock

Stk. Exch.

Stock exchange

Stpd.

Stamped

STRIPS

Separate trading of registered interest and principal securities

Subs.

Subsidiary

Substn.

Substitution

Sur.

Surplus

S.W.

Sent wrong

S-X

SEC regulations

Synd.

Syndicate

 

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