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Clearing House Interbank Payments System — The Clearing House Interbank Payments System (CHIPS) is the main privately held clearing house for large value transactions in the United States, settling well over US$1 trillion a day in around 250,000 interbank payments. Together with the… … Wikipedia
Clearing House Interbank Payments System - CHIPS — The primary clearing house in the U.S. for large banking transactions. CHIPS settles over 250,000 of trades per day, valued in excess of $1 trillion. CHIPS and the Fedwire funds service used by the Federal Reserve Bank combine to constitute the… … Investment dictionary
Publishers Clearing House — Infobox Company company name = Publishers Clearing House company company type = Private foundation = 1953, Port Washington, New York location = key people = Robin B. Smith, Chairman Andrew Goldberg, President and CEO Deborah Holland, Executive… … Wikipedia
gasoline engine — Most widely used form of internal combustion engine, found in most automobiles and many other vehicles. Gasoline engines vary significantly in size, weight per unit of power generated, and arrangement of components. The principal type is the… … Universalium
Fire engine — Fire Fire (f[imac]r), n. [OE. fir, fyr, fur AS. f[=y]r; akin to D. vuur, OS. & OHG. fiur, G. feuer, Icel. f[=y]ri, f[=u]rr, Gr. py^r, and perh. to L. purus pure, E. pure Cf. {Empyrean}, {Pyre}.] 1. The evolution of light and heat in the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Single Matching Engine — ( SME) Euroclear Clearing and Settlement glossary Input and matching system which would be introduced to enable customers of different group ( I)CSD to facilitate the matching and settlement of cross system transactions in book entry form.… … Financial and business terms
Single Settlement Engine — ( SSE) Euroclear Clearing and Settlement glossary The first building block of the Single Platform, concentrating on the core settlement ( i.e. positioning and booking of cash and securities transfers). Euroclear Clearing and Settlement glossary … Financial and business terms
T-54/T-55 operators and variants — Infobox Weapon name= T 54/55 caption= US Army recognition poster origin= Soviet Union type= Main battle tank is vehicle= yes is UK= yes service= 1947–present used by= wars= designer= Morozov (T 54), OKB 520 (T 54A and later) design date= 1945… … Wikipedia
Mine flail — A preserved, World War 2, Sherman Crab – an M4 Sherman tank fitted with a flail A mine flail is a vehicle mounted device that makes a safe path through a mine field by deliberately detonating land mines in front of the vehicle that carries it.… … Wikipedia
BMP-1 — at US Bolling Air Force Base, 1 October 1986. Type Infantry fighting vehicle Place of origin … Wikipedia
