soft
- noun
- /sɔft/
- Jargon
- Investors are closely monitoring the price of soft commodities like coffee and sugar this season.
Examples
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Diversifying out of PMs into other assets like agricultural softs such as sugar, as well as currencies like the Japanese yen, makes sense right now too.
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I have also been looking at the overall Softs complex for a while now.
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Plan C for softs doesn't make sense.
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They actually have just as much sugar as the soft drinks and more of the fructose.
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Due to increased demand, the global market for soft goods such as cotton has significantly risen.
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Analysts predict that the soft market will bounce back after a period of decline.
Idioms
Compounds
- Jargon
Funds people give to parties or groups to influence elections instead of giving it directly to candidates
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Part at the back of the mouth that lifts to close the nose when you swallow or speak
- Informal
A weak part of a plan or organization that others can easily take advantage of
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A drug with mild effects, for example cannabis, that does not often cause addiction
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A bullet with a soft tip that expands when it hits something to cause more damage
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A small brown insect that lives on plants, drinks their juice and weakens them
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A thick material of tiny particles that behaves like a solid and flows very slowly
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A plan that makes people or machines stop working without causing death and without causing damage
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A weapon that is not meant to kill people and is used for training and to control crowds
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A metal that melts at low heat used to join metal parts, often in electronics
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A small insect with a soft, waxy covering that lives on plant stems and leaves
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A small blood-sucking animal without a hard shell on its back that bites animals and birds
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A Cyrillic letter that makes the consonant before it sound with the tongue near the roof of the mouth
- Australian
A tall fern with a trunk and feathery leaves that grows in cool, shady places
A medium-sized Irish dog with a soft, light brown coat and a very hairy head
A water turtle with a flat soft shell that lives in rivers and lakes and bites hard
Surface Forms
Etymology
The market word softs comes from calling some goods 'soft', meaning they come from plants or crops rather than hard metals, so softs are agricultural products like coffee, sugar, or cotton.