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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
OPA | English | Office of Price Administration | N/A |
OPA | French | Offre publique d'achat | Economics, Law |
OPA | Italian | Offerta pubblica di acquisto | Economics, Law |
OPA | Spanish | Oferta pública de adquisición | Economics, Law |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: OPA |
| Non-English Usage: "OPA" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (granddad, grandfather), German (fogey, gaffer, geezer, granddad, grandfather, grandpa, pop), Guarani (every, all). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Opa wird verkauft (1961) Der Geliehene Opa (2002) Unser Opa ist der Beste (1995) Opa... Opa (1982) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | West Danville, Vermont. OPA (Office of Price Administration) inspector Maurice J. Sullivan stopping in for a friendly visit with the Hastings. He mentions that chickens and strawberries don't have to have their calling prices posted because they are not d. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Chile | In late 2000 the Chilean congress also approved legislation (known as the OPA law) on public stock tenders that provides greater legal protection of minority shareholder rights. (references) |
France | When a potential investor makes a "public offer to purchase" (OPA) shares in a publicly traded company, that offer must remain open for at least 20 working days for "friendly" bids and 35 working days for "unfriendly" bids. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | During those two periods we had OPA price control that the Congress gave us and War Labor Board wage controls. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Expression using "OPA": Opa Locka. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "OPA": Opa-locka, Opa-locka North. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "OPA": opacified, opacifies, opacify, opacifying, opacities, opacity, opah, opahs, opal, opalesce, opalesced, opalescence, opalescences, opalescent, opalescently, opalesces, opalescing, opaline, opalines, opals, opaque, opaqued, opaquely, opaqueness, opaquenesses, opaquer, opaques, opaquest, opaquing. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "OPA": dopa, levodopa, methyldopa. (additional references) | |
Words containing "OPA": allelopathic, allelopathies, allelopathy, allopath, allopaths, allopatric, allopatrically, allopatries, allopatry, anthropopathism, anthropopathisms, apotropaic, apotropaically, archiepiscopal, archiepiscopally, archiepiscopate, archiepiscopates, arthropathies, arthropathy, camelopard, camelopards, cardiomyopathies, cardiomyopathy, cardiopathies, cardiopathy, chlorpropamide, chlorpropamides, clinicopathologic, clinicopathological, clinicopathologically, copacetic, copaiba, copaibas, copal, copalm, copalms, copals, coparcenaries, coparcenary, coparcener, coparceners, coparent, coparents, copartner, copartnered, copartnering, copartners, copartnership, copartnerships, copasetic, copastor. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-o-p" | |
-1 letter: op, pa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-o-p" | |
+1 letter: apod, atop, capo, dopa, opah, opal, prao, proa, soap. | |
+2 letters: adopt, apods, aport, apron, atopy, campo, capon, capos, coapt, copal, copra, dopas, galop, jalop, kapok, koppa, nopal, okapi, opahs, opals, opera, paeon, pagod, panto, pareo, pargo, parol, parvo, paseo, patio, payor, piano, poach, podia, polar, polka, pooka, poppa, praos, proas, psoae, psoai, psoas, sapor, soaps, soapy, spado, topaz, vapor, yapok, yapon. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 50 41 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--- .--. .- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01010000 01000001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O P A |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0050 0041 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)495035 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Quotations: Speeches | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Abbreviations 12. Acronyms | 13. Derivations 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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