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Insurance.
stock and machinery.
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S and M
or S&M, s&m
sadomasochism; sadism and masochism.
Origin of S and M
First recorded in 1965–70
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019