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A quick definition of a.:

A: A is a letter that can mean many things depending on the context. It can be used to represent a hypothetical person, or to show where something is from or who it belongs to. In the world of finance, A can indicate that extra money was paid out or that a company's stock is doing well. In history, A was used as a punishment for people who committed adultery. In ancient Rome, A was used as an abbreviation for certain words in legal proceedings and voting.

A more thorough explanation:

Definition: A is a hypothetical person often used in legal documents. It can also mean "from," "by," "in," "on," "of," or "at" in Latin. In Law Latin, it means "with," and in Law French, it can mean "of," "at," "to," "for," "in," or "with." In securities, A can be used to indicate various things, such as cash paid during the year in addition to regular dividends, a yield that may include capital gains and losses as well as current interest, or the American Stock Exchange as the primary market of a firm's common stock. In marine insurance, A can be a rating assigned to ships considered to be in first-class condition. In history, A was a scarlet letter worn as punishment by a person convicted of adultery. In Roman law, A could be an abbreviation for "absolvo" written on wooden tablets by criminal-court judges to indicate a vote for acquittal, or an abbreviation for "antiquo" written on wooden tablets by the participants in a popular assembly to indicate a vote against a proposed bill.

Examples:

  • A deeds Blackacre to B. (This example shows how A can be used as a hypothetical person in a legal document.)
  • Aaa (This is an example of how A can be used as a rating for a debt obligation, with AAA being the highest grade given by Standard & Poor's.)
  • A (This is an example of how A can be used in a newspaper stock-transaction table to indicate that cash was paid during the year in addition to regular dividends.)
  • A (This is an example of how A can be used in a newspaper mutual-fund transaction table to indicate a yield that may include capital gains and losses as well as current interest.)
  • A (This is an example of how A can be used in a newspaper corporate earnings report to identify the American Stock Exchange as the primary market of a firm's common stock.)
  • A (This is an example of how A can be used in marine insurance to indicate a rating assigned to ships considered to be in first-class condition.)
  • A (This is an example of how A was used historically as a scarlet letter worn as punishment by a person convicted of adultery.)
  • A (This is an example of how A was used in Roman law as an abbreviation for "absolvo" written on wooden tablets by criminal-court judges to indicate a vote for acquittal.)
  • A (This is an example of how A was used in Roman law as an abbreviation for "antiquo" written on wooden tablets by the participants in a popular assembly to indicate a vote against a proposed bill.)

These examples illustrate the various meanings and uses of A in different contexts, such as legal documents, securities, marine insurance, and historical and Roman law contexts. A can be used to indicate a hypothetical person, a rating, a transaction, a condition, a punishment, or an abbreviation for a word or phrase.

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Nah, the fucked up thing about therapists is they try and make you think your parents are your enemy 99% of the time and really they should be telling you that your parents have almost no effect on the rest of your life. If they can get you to keep focusing on your parents they can keep making money.
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Yeah, my life really does flow in about 5 years periods.
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what do you do with your days as an unemployed crypto guy? do you play an instrument or something
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Technically they want 3 to be completely fair to the powers that be, so I'm really trying to push out to 3
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assuming it was 2 already, you’ve totally got 3 double spaced pages in you
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should I watch the quirky umich dean videos? i feel like all of you have seen them except me but I can’t work up any enthusiasm for the idea
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