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The two-character ISO 3166 country code for CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF.

Certificate of Deposit

A deposit at a bank or other financial institution that has a fixed return (usually via an interest rate) and a set maturity. The depositor does not have access to the funds in a certificate of deposit until maturity; in exchange, he/she is usually entitled to a higher interest rate. CDs are insured by the FDIC up to a certain amount and as such are a way to increase return for no extra risk. See also: Demand deposit, Real estate certificate of deposit, Negotiable certificate of deposit.

CD

See certificate of deposit.

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Certificate of deposit (CD).

CDs are time deposits. When you purchase a CD from a bank, up to $100,000 is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

You generally earn compound interest at a fixed rate, which is determined by the current interest rate and the CD's term, which can range from a week to five years.

However, rates can vary significantly from bank to bank. You usually face a penalty if you withdraw funds before your CD matures, often equal to the interest that has accrued up to the time you make the withdrawal.

CD

See certificate of deposit.

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* Name of the known or suspected contagious disease

Act outlines ways to protect health care workers and the public in an emergency. (Health Policy Update)

'If, for example, the policy covers loss of business arising from an outbreak of any infectious or contagious disease occurring at the premises of the insured or within, say, 25 miles, I think that losses arising from the foot-and-mouth epidemic would be covered.

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Our towns are still infested with the contagious disease of drug use.

letters

The woman disclosed she was suffering from a contagious disease," a police spokeswoman said.

Rapist 'might well have caught' HIV from victim

For them, it's not really about population, but about something else." Seager cites a FAIR mailing blaming immigrants for "contagious disease, violent crime and international terrorism."

Birth control or border patrol? The Sierra Club votes down an immigration initiative

Parents must insist on continence outside marriage and fidelity in marriage as the only true and secure education for the prevention of this contagious disease."

Vatican on sex education

Twenty percent didn't know that pertussis is a contagious disease. Almost 50% didn't know that polio is contagious.

Immunizations

In experiments aimed toward a veterinary vaccine against vesicular stomatitis, a contagious disease of horses, cattle and pigs, a gene from the disease-causing virus was inserted into vaccinia virus and used to protect cattle against infection.

A vaccine for all seasons; genetic engineering is remodeling the smallpox vaccine to provide immunity against many other diseases