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Play

Informal for an investment or investment decision, especially one that becomes profitable.
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play

1. An investment.
2. See direct play.
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'I do not understand the rule; why did he usher play on, only to take the play back subsequently and give a free kick?'
"Then we want it to be autonomous, and be able to play back the coordinates," said Lambert.
Other multi-media options include built-in speakers and microphone, a headphone connection and the ability to play back MP3 and WAV audio files.
Features include an integral MP3 player for both CD and multimedia cards which can play back up to 12 hours of music, or around 200 tracks.
(Explode...) When G pulls, play back into the T by squatting and squeezing hole.
The central collector allows a monitoring agent to monitor the progress of the call and to record and play back information captured from the subscriber's line.
The unit, made in China (not known for its adherence to copyright laws), can play back MP3 files that have been recorded on CD-R/CD-RW discs and DVDs from around the world, normally incompatible with US DVDs.
Yet the challenges facing secondary storage solutions are real and include the lack of automated backup, some device capacity not keeping pace with hard drives, required media shuffling, chaotic file organization and retrieval, plus, everyone's least favorite question--"Now, where did I back up that file???!!!" In addition, tape has trouble handling the after effects of the digital explosion--it has capacity, but cannot play back video.
Investigators of an airplane crash or explosion may want to play back "little scraps of tape," such as cockpit-recorder tape, says the microscope's codeveloper Stephen D.
Sunnyvale, California-based Tivo, which imports techniques from the internet to TV enabling viewers to pause, rewind and play back live footage closed the week at $37 from an opening price of $16.
The powerful images and sounds of Las Horas accumulate, play back in the mind, and take hold.
While the event is still vivid, mentally play back the episode.
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