"FEC" meaning in All languages combined

See FEC on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-prop}} FEC
  1. (US) Initialism of Federal Election Commission. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Federal Election Commission
    Sense id: en-FEC-en-name-CD9YVyio Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 26 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 44 23 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 21 39

Noun [English]

Forms: FECs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} FEC (countable and uncountable, plural FECs)
  1. (countable) Initialism of foreign exchange certificate. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: foreign exchange certificate
    Sense id: en-FEC-en-noun-6KlY~9IQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 26 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 21 39
  2. (information theory, uncountable) Initialism of forward error correction. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: forward error correction
    Sense id: en-FEC-en-noun-v5ioVmLz Categories (other): Information theory, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 26 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 21 39 Topics: computing, engineering, information-theory, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Proper name [Spanish]

Etymology: Borrowed from English FEC (“Federal Election Commission”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|en|FEC||Federal Election Commission}} Borrowed from English FEC (“Federal Election Commission”) Head templates: {{es-prop|f}} FEC f
  1. Comisión Federal de Elecciones; FEC. Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-FEC-es-name-bBAwb5jh Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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