RY

Date "RY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1904. (references)

"RY" is a common misspelling or typo for: cry, dry, fry, pry, ray, rye, try.

Specialty Definition: RY

Domain	Definition
Literature	Ry A Stock Exchange expression for any sharp or dishonest practice. It originated in an old stock-jobber, who had practised upon a young man, and, being compelled to refund, wrote on the cheque, "Please to pay to R. Y." etc., in order to avoid direct evidence of the transaction. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Specialty Definition: Ry

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Ry is a municipality in central Denmark, in the county of Aarhus, on the peninsula of Jutland. The municipality covers an area of 152 km², and has a total population of 10,547.

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Official Website

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ry."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: RY

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
RY	Finnish	Rehuyksikkö	Food & Agriculture
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: RY

Non-English Usage: "RY" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Afrikaan (go, ride, travel), Norwegian (fame).

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Modern Usage: RY

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Twee broeders ry saam (1968)

Southern Pacific Ry. Sunset Limited (1898)

Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball (1988)

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Commercial Usage: RY

Domain	Title
Books	College Algebra and Trigonomet Ry (reference) Rip Van Winkle Railroads: Canajoharie & Catskill R.R., Catskill Mountain Ry., Otis Elevating Ry., Catskill & Tannersville Ry (reference) (more book examples)
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Image Slideshow: RY

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Photo Album: RY

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Studies for Port Morris Station, N.Y., N.H. & H. Ry., the Bronx, New York / CG. Credit: Library of Congress.		E.O. & W. RY.: Ceremony of driving first spike--Dalhart, Tex.--Sept. 29, 1909. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Train concourse, C. & N.W. Ry., Chicago, Ill. Credit: Library of Congress.		M.C. Ry. between Zacetecas [i.e. Zacatecas] and Guadeloupe [i.e. Guadalupe]. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Winona C. & N. W. Ry. [Chicago and North Western Railway] Station. Credit: Library of Congress.		"Echo Canyon." Looking through Sioux Pass. On F.E. and M.V. Ry., Hot Springs, S.D. Credit: Library of Congress.
	"A Dear Picture." At Hot Springs, S.D., on F.E. & M.V. Ry. Credit: Library of Congress.		Norfolk and Western Ry. Co. Coal Yards, at Lamberts Point, Norfolk, Va. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Buena Vista and Collegiate Range on the Colo. Midland Ry. Credit: Library of Congress.		High Bridge, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. Credit: Library of Congress.
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Usage Frequency: RY

"RY" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 63.64% of the time. "RY" is used about 22 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 (proper)	63.64%	14	93,893
Adjective (general or positive)	27.27%	6	143,867
Unclassified Items	4.55%	1	339,140
Noun (singular)	4.55%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	22	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: RY

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "RY": ga-ry, Kitchen-ry, ver-ry, ve-ry.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: RY

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.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
ry cooder	155	bound ry	3
ry	140	busta ry	3
205 exam final ry	15	cooter ry	3
ry time	11	porn ry	3
cooder ry tab	8	cooder crossroads ry	3
center christian houston ry	6	ry ya	3
rambler ry	5	ev lift ry sing voice	3
marketing ry	5	cooder discography ry	3
jump long ry	5	mail ry	2
rambler ry vladik	5	cooder guitar ry tab	2
day ry	5	ry zerinvã	2
chan chan cooder ry	5	garden ry scent	2
cooder lyrics ry	5	ry would	2
management ry	5	bound nashville ry	2
n ry	4	cooder photo ry	2
hw ry	4	ry sex	2
contest ry	4	climb ev ry mountain	2
ry yandex	4	ry krisp	2
orchestra ry	4	company management ry	2
along moon ry sail silv	4	stt3401a ry	2
		opinion public ry	2
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Derivations: RY

Derivations
	Words beginning with "RY": rya, ryas, rye, ryegrass, ryegrasses, ryes, ryke, ryked, rykes, ryking, rynd, rynds, ryokan, ryokans, ryot, ryots. (additional references)
	Words ending with "RY": abhenry, ablutionary, abolitionary, accessary, accessory, accretionary, accusatory, acidimetry, actinometry, actuary, additory, adjudicatory, adjuratory, admonitory, adulatory, adultery, adversary, advisory, aery, agentry, agroforestry, airy, alary, aleatory, alimentary, alkalimetry, allegory, allometry, allopatry, allostery, almonry, altimetry, amatory, ambary, ambery, ambry, ambulatory, amelioratory, amendatory, ampullary, ancestry, ancientry, ancillary, anemometry, angary, angry, annihilatory, anniversary, annunciatory, anovulatory, anthropometry. (additional references)
	Words containing "RY": abhenrys, acrylamide, acrylamides, acrylate, acrylates, acrylic, acrylics, acrylonitrile, acrylonitriles, agrypnia, agrypnias, amaryllis, amaryllises, aneurysm, aneurysmal, aneurysms, antibaryon, antibaryons, apocrypha, apocryphal, apocryphally, apocryphalness, apocryphalnesses, apteryx, apteryxes, archaeopteryx, archaeopteryxes, artilleryman, artillerymen, aryl, aryls, arytenoid, arytenoids, arythmia, arythmias, arythmic, barye, baryes, baryon, baryonic, baryons, baryta, barytas, baryte, barytes, barytic, barytone, barytones, berrying, berrylike, beryl. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: RY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words containing the letters "r-y"
	+1 letter: cry, dry, fry, pry, ray, rya, rye, try, wry, yar.
	+2 letters: aery, airy, army, arty, aryl, awry, bray, bury, byre, byrl, cory, dory, dray, drys, dyer, eery, eyer, eyra, eyre, eyry, fray, fury, gory, gray, grey, gyre, gyri, gyro, jury, kyar, lory, lyre, miry, nary, orby, orgy, oryx, oyer, pray, prey, pyre, racy, raya, rays, rely, rimy, ropy, rosy, ruby, ruly, ryas, ryes, ryke, rynd, ryot, scry, spry, tory, tray, trey, troy, tyer, tyre, tyro, vary, very, wary, wiry, yard, yare, yarn, year, yerk, yird, yirr, yore, your, yurt.
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