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  • abbreviation Economics interest
  • abbreviation intransitive

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Examples

  • Note: The term i.e. means “that is”; e.g. means “for example”.

    10 common grammar mistakes | YepYep - Your Daily Waste Of Time 2007

  • Now, in the short-term i.e., a few lithium-based batteries in cars there is no reason for any concern or interest in this story.

    Made in Afghanistan Venkat's Energy Blog 2010

  • Now, in the short-term i.e., a few lithium-based batteries in cars there is no reason for any concern or interest in this story.

    Archive 2010-06-01 Venkat's Energy Blog 2010

  • I knew that Willi Boskovsky's 1979 Neujahrskonzert was the first major-label i.e., European digital record, but I didn't know much about why that delightful concert was the first choice.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Patrick J. Smith 2009

  • CEO's aren't idiots, so the most probable assumption is that Mulcahy is saying that we won't return to the same levels of wealth in the short term i.e., the first year of the recovery.

    Limits to Progress?, David Henderson | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • However, that age old, old, shrivelled up long suffering notion of having no credit or creditability without some alphabet letters after your name i.e.

    Nickel-and-dimed to death « BuzzMachine 2009

  • With labels, you can label i.e. - tag this email for its contents.

    Gmail Gives Labels The Folder Treatment | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • I knew that Willi Boskovsky's 1979 Neujahrskonzert was the first major-label i.e., European digital record, but I didn't know much about why that delightful concert was the first choice.

    The rise of digital recordings Patrick J. Smith 2009

  • When asked at the recent Democratic presidential debate about whether we'd be withdrawing all combat troops from Iraq by the end of their first term i.e., in 5 years, neither Obama, Hillary, or Edwards were willing to say "yes."

    09/28/2007 2007

  • I myself am no scientist, but am always a little skeptical as to how they can come up with statistics on deaths related to long term i.e. air pollution causes.

    Repeat After Me: Don't Trust, Verify 2007

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