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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | CIF Caltech Intermediate Form. Geometry language for VLSI design, in which the primitives are coloured rectangles. ["Introduction to VLSI Systems", Mead & Conway, A-W 1980, Section 4.5]. (1995-01-25). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Economics | The seller has the same obligations as under CFR but with the addition that he has to procure marine insurance against the buyer's risk of loss of or damage to the goods during the carriage. The seller pays the insurance premium and is only required to obtain minimum coverage. (Cost, Insurance and Freight... named port of destination). (references) |
Shipping | Abbreviation for "Cost, Insurance, Freight." (Named Port) Same as C&F or CFR except seller also provides insurance to named destination. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 |
CIF | English | Common intermediate format | Telecom |
| CIF landed | English | Cost,insurance,freight landed | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: CIF |
| Specialty definitions using "CIF": CIF&C, Common Intermediate Format ♦ Terms of Sale, TLAs. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "CIF" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Finnish (c.i.f). |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | All automotive parts are subject to VAT based on the CIF value. (references) | |
Customs rates (duties) are based on the CIF value of the product. (references) | ||
The import duties are calculated on the CIF value of the shipment. (references) | ||
Economic History | Senegal | U.S. exporters should price their products on a CIF basis. (references) |
Spain | The CIF number must be withdrawn within six months of application. (references) | |
Ghana | Costs should be computed on a CIF (Cost, Insurance and Freight) basis. (references) | |
Political Economy | NICARAGUA | The DAI and ATP taxes are based on CIF value. (references) |
NICARAGUA | The IEC tax for domestic goods is based on the manufacturer's price, and for imported goods on CIF. (references) | |
VENEZUELA | Floor and ceiling prices are set once a year based on average CIF prices during the past five years. (references) | |
Trade | Nicaragua | DAI and ATP are based on CIF value. (references) |
Dominican Rep | This tax is calculated on the CIF price. (references) | |
Nepal | Sales tax is levied on CIF plus customs duty. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "CIF" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "CIF" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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. |
| Language | Translations for "CIF"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Portuguese | custo seguro e frete (cost insurance and freight). (various references) | |
Russian | сиф. (various references) | |
Spanish | coste, seguro y flete (cost insurance freight), c.s.f. (cost insurance freight). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words containing "CIF": aciform, arciform, calciferol, calciferols, calciferous, calcific, calcification, calcifications, calcified, calcifies, calcifuge, calcifuges, calcifugous, calcify, calcifying, cholecalciferol, cholecalciferols, conspecific, conspecifics, crucifer, cruciferous, crucifers, crucified, crucifies, crucifix, crucifixes, crucifixion, crucifixions, cruciform, cruciforms, crucify, crucifying, decalcification, decalcifications, decalcified, decalcifies, decalcify, decalcifying, disciform, dulcified, dulcifies, dulcify, dulcifying, falciform, fancified, fancifies, fanciful, fancifully, fancifulness, fancifulnesses, fancify. (additional references) | |
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"CIF" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cedf, Cef, Cifmd, Ciim, Ciir, Cij, cyf, Cyfa, Cyg, Cyh, Cyrff, Icif, Iifx, Kaf, Nciv, Ycfc. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-f-i" | |
-1 letter: if. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-f-i" | |
+1 letter: coif, cuif, fice, fico, fisc, flic, foci, fuci. | |
+2 letters: calif, chief, cliff, clift, coifs, cuifs, facia, farci, fices, fiche, fichu, ficin, ficus, filch, finch, fiscs, fitch, flick, flics, mafic. | |
+3 letters: biface, califs, chiefs, citify, cliffs, cliffy, clifts, codify, coffin, coifed, coiffe, comfit, confit, deific, fabric, facial, facias, facies, facile, facing, farcie, fascia, fecial, ferric, fetich, fiacre, fiance, fiasco, fiches, fichus, ficins, fickle, fickly, ficoes, fierce, filmic, fiscal, fistic, fitchy, flicks, flinch, flitch, flocci, formic, fracti, frolic, fucoid, fundic, fungic, fustic, infect, office, pacify, unific. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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