Spread

Spread may refer to:

  • Spread (food), an edible paste put on other foods
  • the score difference being wagered on in spread betting
  • the measure of line inclination in rational trigonometry
  • Two-page spread a redundant term, also simply called “spread”, referring to two adjacent, facing pages in a magazine or other publication with conjoined or connected content
  • In finance, the difference in price between related securities,
    • Bid/offer spread, between the buying and selling price of a commodity or security
    • Spread trade, between two related securities or commodities
    • Option adjusted spread, on mortgage backed securities where the borrower has the right to repay in full
    • Yield spread, difference in percentage rate of return of two instruments
    • Yield curve spread, on mortgage backed securities
  • a term used for speed reading in American high school debate.
  • The laying of Tarot cards in a certain manner

See also:

  • Seafloor spreading, the process leading to continental drift
  • Spread spectrum, communications signals over a range of frequencies
  • Spread trader, holding positions in related securities, to trade the difference in price
  • Spread limit, a limit on a raise in poker
  • Spread polynomials, a polynomial sequence arising in rational trigonometry
  • $pread, a quarterly magazine by and for sex workers
  • “Spread”, a song by OutKast from their 2003 album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

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