The initial portion of some extended thing.
The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.
An unequal first or last interest calculation period, as a part of a financial swap contract
An old and worn horseshoe nail.
A placeholder procedure that has the signature of the planned procedure but does not yet implement the intended behavior.
Stub iron.
A row heading in a table (with horizontal reference, whereas a column heading has vertical reference).
A procedure that translates requests from external systems into a format suitable for processing and then submits those requests for processing.
A piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes.
The smallest remainder of a smoked cigarette; a butt.
The remaining part of the docked tail of a dog
Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump.
A page providing only minimal information and intended for later development.
A pen with a short, blunt nib.
To remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots.
To jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe.
To remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground.