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Scale
Payment of different rates of interest on CDs of varying maturities. A bank is said to "post a scale." Commercial paper dealers also post scales.

Scale
The range of prices at which an underwriter offers to place with investors a serial bond, where the individual bonds have different maturities.

scale
The schedule of yields (or prices) at which a serial bond issue is offered to the public by the underwriter. The schedule reflects yields at the various maturities being offered. Also called offering scale. See also inverted scale, preliminary scale.

scale

The relationship between measurements on a plan or map and the dimensions of the physical object represented.One inch might represent 10 feet or 10 miles.Topographic maps contain two scales,one for distance and one for change in elevation.



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What is the boiling point of water using the scientific kelvin scale of temperature measurement?
With this achievement I broke the record held by Lord Kelvin, known for the Kelvin scale of temperature measurement, who in 1834, had cleared Class 10 when he was 10 years and four months.
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