A smooth-coated tablet (pill, as in medicine) shaped like a capsule, used as a tamper-resistant alternative to a capsule, or an easy-to-swallow alternative to regular tablets.
A component of an interest rate cap, a derivative instrument that effectively prevents the interest payments on an otherwise variable-rate loan from exceeding an agreed level (the "cap"). Each "caplet", analysable as a call option, covers one interest accrual period (such as three months); the whole interest rate cap is made up of a series of consecutive caplets.
A small sheet of paper on which is written a prescription to be filled; a scrip.
A voucher or token coin used in payrolls under the truck system.
A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
A smaller cardboard counter generally used not to directly represent something but for another, more transient, purpose such as tracking or randomization.
A small tool used in cleaving laths. Compare: froe.
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A pert or sassy young person, especially a young woman.
A debt or favor owed in return for a prior loan or favor granted, especially a political favor.
A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club.
The embryonic growing bud of a plant
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To damage the outer layers of a seed such as Lupinus or Sophora to assist germination.
To sprout; to shoot, as a seed or plant.
To initiate sprouting of tubers, such as potatoes, by placing them in special environment, before planting into the soil.