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certificate of deposit (CD)

n. a document issued by a bank in return for a deposit of money which pays a fixed interest rate for a specified period (from a month to several years). Interest rates on CD's are usually higher than savings accounts because banking institutions require a commitment to leave money in the CD for a fixed period of time. Often there is a financial penalty (fee) for cashing in a CD before the pledged time runs out.

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Although not mentioned in the USTR's "Special 301" Report, the 2004 IIPA report recommended a number of immediate actions from Taiwan relating to optical disc piracy.
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will discontinue manufacturing optical disc drives for personal computers in November amid fierce competition that has been putting downward pressure on product prices, company officials said Saturday.
Sony to withdraw from optical disc business

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