self-assurance
61Self-incompatibility in plants — Self incompatibility (SI) is a general name for several genetic mechanisms in angiosperms, which prevent self fertilization and thus encourage outcrossing. In plants with SI, when a pollen grain produced in a plant reaches a stigma of the same… …
62self-confidence — self confident, adj. self confidently, adv. /self kon fi deuhns, self /, n. 1. realistic confidence in one s own judgment, ability, power, etc. 2. excessive or inflated confidence in one s own judgment, ability, etc. [1630 40] Syn. 1. assurance,… …
63assurance — [n1] statement to relieve doubt affirmation, assertion, declaration, guarantee, insurance, lock*, lock on*, oath, pledge, profession, promise, rain or shine*, security, shoo in*, support, sure thing*, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor;… …
64assurance — [ə shoor′əns] n. 1. the act of assuring 2. the state of being assured; sureness; confidence; certainty 3. something said or done to inspire confidence, as a promise, positive statement, etc.; guarantee 4. belief in one s own abilities; self… …
65assurance — /euh shoor euhns, sherr /, n. 1. a positive declaration intended to give confidence: He received assurances of support for the project. 2. promise or pledge; guaranty; surety: He gave his assurance that the job would be done. 3. full confidence;… …
66assurance — as•sur•ance [[t]əˈʃʊər əns, ˈʃɜr [/t]] n. 1) a positive declaration intended to give confidence: many assurances of support[/ex] 2) promise or pledge; guaranty; surety: to give one s assurance that a job will be done[/ex] 3) freedom from doubt;… …
67assurance — noun Date: 14th century 1. the act or action of assuring: as a. pledge, guarantee b. the act of conveying real property; also the instrument by which it is conveyed c. chiefly British insurance 2. the state of being assured: as …
68self-reliance — n. Confidence (in one s own powers), self confidence, resolution, assurance, firmness, courage, intrepidity …
69assurance — n. 1. Assuredness, security, certainty, conviction, persuasion, pledge of certainty, ground of confidence, surety. 2. Promise, engagement, pledge, word of honor. 3. Protestation, asseveration, averment, earnest or solemn declaration. 4.… …
70Self-Regulating Organization — SRO One of several organizations set up in the UK under the Financial Services Act 1986 to regulate the activities of investment businesses and to draw up and enforce specific codes of conduct. By 1995 the SROs recognized by the Securities and… …
