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Subordinated bank bond spreads widened 125 basis points in the same period to 466, approaching the highest since July, the EMU Financial Corporate Index, Sub- Type shows.

From BusinessWeek • Jan. 17, 2011

“No shoving there now!” shouted the Deputy Sub- Bursar in a fury.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

Sub-, as a prefix, about, nearly, somewhat; as Subcordate, slightly cordate; Subserrate, slightly serrate; Subaxillary, just beneath the axil, &c.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

Lord Henry would not listen to statistics, dietary tables, Commissioners' rides, Sub- commissioners' reports.

From Coningsby by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

Michele was sweating with fear, but he kept his weakness under, and went down into the town, past the house where the Sub- Judge had barricaded himself.

From The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition by Kipling, Rudyard