xc
AmericanEtymology
Origin of xc
(e)x 1 (in the finance sense “without, not including”) + c(oupon) (in the finance sense “a certificate calling for the payment of periodic interest on a bond”)
Example Sentences
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I am enjoying my 55th consecutive year of xc skiing.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2018
So this properly belongs to God's eternity, “Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God,” Psal. xc.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
The Master preached the sermon on the text Psalm xc.
From Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. by John Knox Laughton
December 13 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.—PS. xc.
From Daily Strength for Daily Needs by Mary W. Tileston
Suppose that we had endured the space of a thousand years, yet saith Moses, Psal. xc.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
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