any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
Archaeology. uraeus.
American selling price.
Computers. application service provider: a company that gives individuals or businesses access through the internet to specialized software applications and other computer-related services.
the venomous snake, probably Naja haje (Egyptian cobra), that caused the death of Cleopatra and was formerly used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death See also uraeus
Also called: asp viper. a viper, Vipera aspis, that occurs in S Europe and is very similar to but smaller than the adder
another name for horned viper
1300–50; back formation from Middle English aspis (taken as plural) < Latin < Greek aspís originally, shield
before 900; Middle English aspe, apse, Old English æsp ( e ), æps ( e ); cognate with Middle Low German aspe, Old High German aspa ( German Espe, with altered vowel < Old High German adj. espîn ), Old Norse ǫsp; akin to Latvian apse, Russian osína, Czech osika < North European Indo-European *aps-. See aspen
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On the 19th day that the oil tanker ASP Avana was stuck in the Persian Gulf, its 47-year-old captain, Rakesh Ranjan Singh, died.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Firms put in bids below the ASP to win project contracts and then the government sets a new guaranteed price, known as the clearing price, based on those.
From BBC • Jul. 24, 2025
Kuo blames the ASP increase on a potentially more expensive iPhone Pro and Pro Max, as well as a “higher shipment proportion.”
From The Verge • Aug. 10, 2022
The 32-year-old was carrying a full-duty belt, including a black firearm, Taser, handcuffs, a radio, ASP baton, a badge and flashlight.
From Fox News • Jan. 20, 2022
The angle ASP is the anomaly when the planet is at P. CA or a line drawn from S to D is the mean distance of the planet from the sun.
From History of Astronomy by Forbes, George
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