security

  • 21security */*/*/ — UK [sɪˈkjʊərətɪ] / US [sɪˈkjʊrətɪ] noun [uncountable] 1) safety from attack, harm, or damage Every precaution has been taken to ensure the personal security of the delegates. internal security: The information received is highly confidential and… …

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  • 22Security — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Security >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 security security Sgm: N 1 guaranty guaranty guarantee Sgm: N 1 gage gage warranty bond tie pledge plight mortgage debenture …

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  • 23security — [[t]sɪkjʊ͟ərɪti[/t]] ♦ securities 1) N UNCOUNT: with supp, oft N n Security refers to all the measures that are taken to protect a place, or to ensure that only people with permission enter it or leave it. They are now under a great deal of… …

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  • 24security —    an excuse for aggression, espionage, or repression    For Hitler, the invasion of neighbouring states:     The old cry of Security , so shamelessly employed to cover the aggressions of the thirties. (A. Clark, 1995)    For Senator Joseph… …

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  • 25security —    Operating system controls used by the network administrator to limit users access to approved areas.    The National Security Agency document called Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria (TCSEC) specifies security levels that vendors… …

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  • 26security — n. (pl. ies) 1 a secure condition or feeling. 2 a thing that guards or guarantees. 3 a the safety of a State, company, etc., against espionage, theft, or other danger. b an organization for ensuring this. 4 a thing deposited or pledged as a… …

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  • 27security — 1) An asset or assets to which a lender can have recourse if the borrower defaults on the loan repayments. In the case of loans by banks and other moneylenders the security is sometimes referred to as collateral 2) A financial asset, including… …

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  • 28security — /sɪ kjυərɪti/ noun 1. the fact of being protected against attack ♦ office security the act of protecting an office against theft 2. the fact of being kept secret ♦ security in this office is nil nothing can be kept secret in this office 3. a… …

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  • 29security — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Guaranty Nouns 1. security, guaranty, guarantee; gage, warranty, bond, tie, pledge, plight, mortgage, debenture, hypothecation, bill of sale, lien, pawn; stake, deposit, earnest, collateral. See promise …

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  • 30security — 1) An asset or assets to which a lender can have recourse if the borrower defaults on his loan repayments. In the case of loans by banks and other moneylenders the security is sometimes referred to as collateral 2) A financial asset, including… …

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