SALT

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A series of talks between the US and the Soviet Union to limit nuclear weapons

noun
/sɔlt/

: negociaciones para la limitación de armas estratégicas

All language samples had been transcribed into SALT format from audio recordings at the time of the original assessment.

Examples

But it must not interfere with the building of a SALT II treaty between our great countries.

Fiction book (1995)
These states would benefit by removing the cap of the SALT tax deduction.
Historically, its economy has been dominated by the fishing and salt mining industries.

Academic text (1998)
Words were coded according to the SALT guidelines for analysis of English and Spanish transcripts.

Academic text (2015)
"I just bought ten square miles of salt flats near Stateline, Nevada," Wetherall said.

Fiction book (1999)
Our son was holding the salt shaker upside down, spilling salt into his hand and licking it.

Fiction book (1995)
Nuala had brought oat bread, cheeses, salt fish, boiled meats, cider, and almonds.

Fiction book (1999)
The SALT negotiations sought to reduce the number of nuclear weapons held by the United States and the Soviet Union.
During the SALT talks, both superpowers engaged in complex discussions about their respective armament strategies.
The outcome of the SALT discussions had a significant impact on international security and arms control.

Synonyms

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

vsSALT

1 7.0

A series of talks between the United States and the Soviet Union to limit nuclear weapons

is the same series of negotiations but given as a short form

Surface Forms

SALT singular

SALTs plural

Etymology

SALT comes from the first letters of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, the name for US–Soviet meetings to limit nuclear weapons. You can remember it because it is the same as everyday salt, the seasoning that helps stop food from spoiling, so the SALT talks were meant to 'limit' or slow the dangerous build-up of arms.