Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

occ

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English

Syllables: occ
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Initialism of Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

American usage

noun

Initialism of options clearing corporation.

noun

Initialism of operations control center.

adj

Clipping of occupational.

Informal

Example Sentences

"No funds left Citi, which disclosed the near miss -- when a bank processes the wrong amount but is able to recover the funds -- to the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the report said."
"While the Trump administration is much more pro-coin, one proposal for current regulation would limit big tech companies from being able to issue their own coins without approval from the OCC, which supervises US banks."
"On the evidence, […] it seems Australian factory workers in the Second World War were more likely to impede the march to victory by working too hard, ignoring the rudimentary occ health and safety regs of the day, and getting themselves injured and mangled in their machinery."

Usage

American usage
Informal

Questions

What does occ mean?: Initialism of Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

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