sib
pronunciation
How to pronounce sib in British English:
UK [sɪb]
How to pronounce sib in American English:
US [sɪb]
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- Noun:
- a person's brother or sister
- one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another
Word Origin
- sib (n.)
- short for sibling, attested from 1957.
Example
- 1. Sib was not really a bank , for it took in deposits but did not make loans .
- 2. Sib does not operate like a standard bank . Instead , it offers depositors an attractive fixed rate of interest paid out of investment returns .
- 3. Another 200 will go into an sib providing therapeutic support to troubled children in essex , which offers investors the potential for a return .
- 4. A sib is an experimental financing method which connects financially-stressed municipalities with private investors to fund public projects at no initial cost to taxpayers .
- 5. Allia , a british charity devoted to social investment , this month made a sib available to retail investors for the first time .