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dreg (iou) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (money)


dreg (iou)



dreg noun & verb. ME.

A. noun sing. & (usu.) in pl.
The sediment of a liquor; grounds, lees. ME.
Dickens He flings the dregs of his Wine at Edwin.
Excrement; rubbish; corrupt matter. ME-M17.
The most worthless part or parts; the refuse. M16.
W. Styron You must be part of the bottomless dregs of this loathsome city.
The last remains or traces; sing. a small remnant, a small quantity or drop. L16.
E. Bowen At first, in those dregs of daylight, he saw nobody there.
B. verb trans. Infl. -gg-. Make dreggy. rare. E17-E19.
dreggish adjective (now rare) of the Nature of dregs or refuse; affected by dregs; fig. base, vile: M16.
dreggy adjective containing dregs; of the Nature of dregs; turbid, polluted; impure: LME.

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (money)


Definition: Commission created to regulate the commodity exchanges.