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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
accredit . - adjective Given official approval after meeting certain standards, as an accredited university; or as disease free cattle.
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- adjective given official approval to act
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Examples
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The term "accredited investor" covers a range of sophisticated investors, from individuals whose net worth exceeds $1 million to institutions such as venture capital firms.
Barry Silbert: The Great Disconnect: American Jobs, Global Competitiveness & the Stock Market (Part 3) Barry Silbert 2011
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The term "accredited investor" covers a range of sophisticated investors, from individuals whose net worth exceeds $1 million to institutions such as venture capital firms.
Barry Silbert: The Great Disconnect: American Jobs, Global Competitiveness & the Stock Market (Part 3) Barry Silbert 2011
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The term "accredited investor" covers a range of sophisticated investors, from individuals whose net worth exceeds $1 million to institutions such as venture capital firms.
Barry Silbert: The Great Disconnect: American Jobs, Global Competitiveness & the Stock Market (Part 3) Barry Silbert 2011
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The U. Chicago program ranks us third below applicants with degrees (not even PhDs) in accredited and non-accredited medical physics programs.
Archive 2006-08-01 Celeste Winant 2006
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The U. Chicago program ranks us third below applicants with degrees (not even PhDs) in accredited and non-accredited medical physics programs.
Riding the Career Epiphany back to earth Celeste Winant 2006
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(Hear, hear) I say, too, that when the immigrant comes here he must learn to do business in accredited Canadian ways, so that we can all work on the same economic basis and understand one another, and take a certain business morality for granted.
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The Ambassadors sent to eastern climes were usually, although accredited from the English Court, maintained at the charge of great commercial corporations, such as the Turkey and
The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... George Augustus Sala 1861
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But the definition of accredited hasn't changed much since it was first introduced by the Securities and Exchange Commission more than three decades ago.
NYT > Home Page By SUSANNE CRAIG 2011
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Rep. Patrick McHenry R., N.C. pressed Ms. Schapiro to move toward excluding so-called institutional investors and so-called accredited investors, who have at least $1 million in net worth, from the shareholders who count toward the 500-shareholder threshold.
Schapiro Weighs In on Private-Stock Law Jessica Holzer 2011
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The site requires that users designate themselves as what the SEC calls "accredited investors," with financial assets of at least $1 million or annual family income of greater than $300,000.
Meet My Departed Grandma, Fledgling Facebook Investor Dennis K. Berman 2011
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