cer-

American  

1. variant of cero- before a vowel.

   ceraceous.

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CER British  

abbreviation

1. Closer Economic Relations: a trade agreement between Australia and New Zealand signed in 1983

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Example Sentences

From Tokyo it was reported that the Japanese Government would cer- tainly not recall Mr. Hanihara for his ingenuous juxtaposition of the words "grave" and "consequences."

From Time Magazine Archive

“You cer- ♦Cemetery Hill. tainly don’t mean—sir, I have been under the impression that it would be our strategy to conduct a defensive campaign, wherever possible, in order to keep this army intact.”

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

Rickfield was hooked, and Credite Suisse was the cer- tain Swiss bank in question.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn

If there were not one word in it tending to degrade the mother, the gift would cer- tainly be as appropriate.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Ingersoll, Robert Green

A cer- tain date is fixed when these shares and stocks are saleable "ex-div." or "ex-interest."

From Everybody's Guide to Money Matters: with a description of the various investments chiefly dealt in on the stock exchange, and the mode of dealing therein by Cotton, William