Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word SEC

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Definitions of SEC

1. (colloquial) Second, of a minute. [from 1881]
2. (colloquial) Clipping of second.
3. (colloquial, politics) Clipping of secretary.
4. (US, government, finance) Initialism of w:Securities and Exchange Commission.
5. (US, college, sports) Abbreviation of w:Southeastern Conference, a college athletics conference
6. (Australia) Initialism of w:State Electricity Commission.
7. Initialism of scavenger endothelial cell.

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Examples of Using SEC in a Sentence

• The word raisin dates back to Middle English and is a loanword from Old French; in modern French, raisin means "grape", while a dried grape is a raisin sec, or "dry grape".
• The Long Island iced tea, or Long Island ice tea, is an IBA official cocktail, typically made with vodka, tequila, light rum, triple sec, gin, and a splash of cola.
• Her father, Pierre Charly, was a successful ropemaker, who started a business on rue de l'Arbre sec, at the base of Saint Sébastien Hill in Lyon.
• Rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under authority of federal securities laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants.
• The church won a 1973 federal court case prosecuted at the behest of the SEC, in which the court exonerated the church and ruled that there had been no intentional wrongdoing.
• It requires every offer or sale of securities that uses the means and instrumentalities of interstate commerce to be registered with the SEC pursuant to the 1933 Act, unless an exemption from registration exists under the law.
• Triple sec is rarely consumed neat, but is used in preparing many mixed drinks such as margaritas, cosmopolitans, sidecars, Long Island iced teas, and mai tais.
• The sidecar is a cocktail traditionally made with brandy (usually cognac), orange liqueur (Cointreau, Grand Marnier, dry curaçao, or a triple sec), and lemon juice.

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