Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation single room occupancy
  • abbreviation standing room only

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  • initialism Standing Room Only
  • initialism Single Room Occupancy
  • initialism Senior Ranking Officer

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Examples

  • Its funding comes from the folks it regulates, hence it's referred to as a SRO, or self-regulating organization.

    Jill Schlesinger: Not Breaking News: Regulator Just as Dumb as Ordinary Investors! 2009

  • This law known as SRO 294 thus means that in the modern era where it is difficult to find work of a blacksmith, you need to work as a potter or a blacksmith, only than you will get the required certificates.

    Caste census must in India for saving the lower castes 2007

  • The SRO is the driver of UNIFEM's collaboration with key national and regional partners, including the UN Economic Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), the League of Arab States (LAS), Arab Women's Organization (AWO) and a broad range of regional and national women's networks.

    AWID RSS Feed 2008

  • She’s a Cornell grad who at just 24 has her own think tank and consulting company, called SRO, her own quarterly newsletter, a book series about hip and green living, and a calendar booked solid with speaking engagements.

    Portraits of Ecological Heroes 2008

  • IA/BD harmonization and whether a self-regulatory organization "SRO" should be imposed on the industry, each recently completed last week.

    What Dodd-Frank Legislation Means For Advisors - Advisor Intelligence - - Forbes 2011

  • It also means these professionals will be required to become members of a self regulatory organization ( "SRO") which in most instances will be the National Futures Association ( "NFA").

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2010

  • As a result, forex dealers have been required to be registered and to join the membership of at least one self regulatory organization ( "SRO") for quite some time.

    FXstreet.com info@turnkeytradingpartners.com (Turnkey Trading P 2009

  • As a result, forex dealers have been required to be registered and to join the membership of at least one self regulatory organization ( "SRO") for quite some time.

    FXstreet.com 2009

  • $1,539.99 for a six-piece Studioease configuration to $1,229.99 for five-piece set-ups, including the new "SRO" configuration.

    Harmony Central 2009

  • Source: John Downes and Jordan Elliot Goodman, 'Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms', 7th Edition, Happauge: Barron's Educational Series, Inc., 2006, s.v. 'SRO'.

    Teknosis 2008

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