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31Noon Rate — A term used by the Bank of Canada to describe the foreign exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Canadian dollar. The rate is released by 12:45pm EST by the Bank of Canada on any given day, and is based on the trading that takes place from …
32Day's run — A Day s run is the distance traveled by a vessel in one day, usually reckoned from noon to noon. Records The Champion of the Seas sailed 465 nautical miles (861 km) noon to noon December 10 11, 1854. This record stood until August 1984,… …
33Noon bell — Sándor Wágner: The heroism of Titusz Dugovics, romantic painting, 19th century …
34day — /deɪ / (say day) noun 1. the interval of light between two successive nights; the time between sunrise and sunset. 2. the light of day; daylight. 3. Astronomy a. the period during which the earth (or a heavenly body) makes one revolution on its… …
35day — The period taken by the earth to make one revolution around its own axis. A day is measured by successive transits of a reference point on the celestial sphere over the meridian, and each type takes its name from the reference used. Thus, for a… …
36Noon — Recorded as Noen, Noon, Noone, this is an Anglo Irish surname, but with separate and distinct origins. Firstly it can be medieval English, and a nickname for a bright and cheerful person. This is from the word non , meaning noon, and hence the… …
37Noon mark — A noon mark on the facade of the Palais des ducs de Bourgogne in Dijon The Noon mark is a type of sundial that at its simplest is a vertical line on a south facing wall. When the shadow of a point passes over the line it will be midday. Noon in… …
38Noon Average Rate Contract - NARC — A type of currency forward contract that refers to the Bank of Canada s average noon rate for foreign exchange as a benchmark. The contract s negotiated exchange rate is compared to the noon rate and the two parties settle the difference in cash …
39noon — [OE] Noon denotes etymologically the ‘ninth’ hour. It was adopted in the Old English period from Latin nōna, short for nōna hōra, the ‘ninth hour’. Reckoning the day from sunrise, on average six o’clock, this meant that ‘noon’ was three o’clock… …
40noon — [OE] Noon denotes etymologically the ‘ninth’ hour. It was adopted in the Old English period from Latin nōna, short for nōna hōra, the ‘ninth hour’. Reckoning the day from sunrise, on average six o’clock, this meant that ‘noon’ was three o’clock… …
