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The term soft dollars refers to a Wall Street practice, especially in the asset management and securities industries, and means the benefits provided to
Soft_dollar
American global investment manager
boards independent and create deterrents to market timing. This ended "soft-dollar" arrangements which allowed the swapping of brokerage commissions for
MFS_Investment_Management
Order of sea urchins
floating in ocean currents. Sand dollars frequently gather on the ocean floor, in part to their preference for soft bottom areas, which are convenient
Sand_dollar
Common name for several species of fish
will spawn around 2,000 eggs. This breeding occurs in soft, warm water in low light. Silver dollars natively live in a tropical climate in the sides of
Silver_dollar_(fish)
States also known as a client commission agreement (CCA), is a type of soft dollar arrangement that allows money managers to separately pay the executing
Commission_sharing_agreement
Method of executing orders
and Lins, "Soft Dollars and Other Trading Activities," § 2:30 (Thomson West, 2015–2016 ed.).[verification needed] Lemke and Lins, "Soft Dollars and Other
Algorithmic_trading
Form of variable-pay remuneration for services rendered or products sold
products rather than taking commission on policies and investments. Soft dollar Kickback (dealing with illegal commission) Article in The Observer (Britain)
Commission_(remuneration)
Topics referred to by the same term
American Academy of Financial Management Client commission agreement, soft dollar arrangement that allows money managers to separately pay executing brokers
CCA
Organization that provides services for stock brokers and traders to trade securities
2022. Lemke and Lins, Soft Dollars and Other Trading Activities, §2:3 (Thomson West, 2013–2014 ed.). Lemke and Lins, Soft Dollars and Other Trading Activities
Stock_exchange
Use of a foreign currency in parallel to or instead of a domestic currency
Currency substitution, also known as dollarization, is the use of a foreign currency in parallel to or instead of a domestic currency. Currency substitution
Currency_substitution
Type of financial contract
ISBN 978-981-283-465-2. Retrieved September 14, 2011. Lemke and Lins, Soft Dollars and Other Trading Activities, §§2:47–2:54 (Thomson West, 2013–2014 ed
Derivative_(finance)
One who engages in the business of trading securities on behalf of their customers
Stockbroker Commodity broker Mutual fund Floor broker Lemke and Lins, Soft Dollars and Other Trading Activities (Thomson West, 2013-2014 ed.). Lemke and
Broker-dealer
Non-exchange market trading venue
Electronic trade matching Crossing networks Dark pools Lemke and Lins, Soft Dollars and Other Trading Activities, §2:25 (Thomson West, 2013 ed.). Lee/Zubulake
Alternative_trading_system
Trading financial products online
Cancel Electronic Trades". The Wall Street Journal. p. D3. Lemke & Lins, Soft Dollars and Other Trading Activities, Chapter 2 (Thomson West, 2015-2016 ed.)
Electronic_trading
Type of investment
lose the benefits of the security Fixed income analysis Lemke and Lins, Soft Dollars and Other Trading Activities, §§ 2:39 to 2:41 (Thomson West, 2014–2015
Fixed_income
U.S. political and legal theory
example of soft secession, as cannabis remains illegal at the federal level. In soft secession, a wealthy blue state could retain billions of dollars for its
Soft_secession
Privately-negotiated trade of large amounts of a security
trading Dark liquidity ICE FUTURES U.S. BLOCK TRADE – FAQs Lemke and Lins, Soft Dollars and Other Trading Activities, §2:33 (Thomson West, 2013 ed.). "Institutional
Block_trade
Low-priced items on a menu
dollar menu - LA Times". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2014-08-25. Tuttle, Brad (August 18, 2014). "Taco Bell Breathes New Life Into Fast-Food Dollar Menus
Value_menu
Reliable and stable globally-traded currency
and 500 ruble per dollar in November 1992. In some economies, which may be either planned economies or market economies using a soft currency, there are
Hard_currency
American lawyer
insider trading, sales of securities to seniors at "free lunch" seminars, soft dollar arrangements, undisclosed business dealings, and mutual funds' payments
Lori_Richards
Electronic trading facilities for investors
Straight-through processing Electronic communication network Lemke and Lins, Soft Dollars and Other Trading Activities, §2:32 (Thomson West, 20162-2017 ed.). "Nomura
Direct_market_access
American professional wrestler (born 1954)
the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), where he wrestled as "the Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase. He has been named as one of the best technical wrestlers
Ted_DiBiase
The following is a list of the classes in each phylum of the kingdom Animalia. There are 105 classes of animals in 24 phyla in this list (the phyla Entoprocta
List_of_animal_classes
Carbonated soft drink
Jolt Cola is an American carbonated soft drink originally produced by The Jolt Company, Inc., later known as Wet Planet Beverages. The cola drink was created
Jolt_Cola
European Union law
Lemke and Lins, Soft Dollars, MiFID II and Other Trading Activities, §§11:4 – 11:7 (Thomson West, 2017–2018 ed.). Lemke and Lins, Soft Dollars, MiFID II and
Markets in Financial Instruments Directive 2014
Markets_in_Financial_Instruments_Directive_2014
the International Monetary Fund. Floating (floating and free floating) Soft pegs (conventional peg, stabilized arrangement, crawling peg, crawl-like
List of countries by exchange rate regime
List_of_countries_by_exchange_rate_regime
System for ordering algorithmic trades
Vanderbilt Law Review. 68: 1607. Lemke, Thomas; Lins, Gerald. "2:25–2:29". Soft Dollars and Other Trading Activities (2013–2014 ed.). Thomson West. ISBN 978-0-314-63065-0
Automated_trading_system
Institutional share trading syndicate not accessible to the general public
from the original on 2010-10-30. Retrieved 2011-01-27. Lemke and Lins, Soft Dollars and Other Trading Activities, §2:28 (Thomson West, 2013-2014 ed.). "Rule
Dark_pool
Network for trading financial products
Inet Island ECN NASDAQ NYSE Arca Order matching system Lemke and Lins, Soft Dollars and Other Trading Activities, §2:27 (Thomson West, 2013-2014 ed.).[page needed]
Electronic communication network
Electronic_communication_network
List of episodes titles and details of the American TV sitcom Our Miss Brooks
got in and wreck the school. The damage is estimated at 3 to 4 thousand dollars. When Philip says he's glad that his lab will be remodeled, Connie asks
List of Our Miss Brooks episodes
List_of_Our_Miss_Brooks_episodes
Type of algorithmic trading
Technology Review 2009-12-29 Trading Shares in Milliseconds Lemke and Lins, "Soft Dollars and Other Trading Activities," § 2:31 (Thomson West, 2016–2017 ed.).
High-frequency_trading
take him to the Shimoda onsen as well. Ayumu comes back to Nagi to share a soft drink when the masked killers return, and Ayumu and Nagi jump on the bike
List of Hayate the Combat Butler episodes
List_of_Hayate_the_Combat_Butler_episodes
Macmillan, London. doi:10.1057/9781137449573_3. Lemke; Lins (2013). "§2:26". Soft Dollars and Other Trading Activities. Thomson West. "SEC Charges ITG With Misleading
Crossing_network
Canadian businessman and author (born 1954)
Milton Rockwell in Josh Safdie's Marty Supreme (2025). O'Leary co-founded SoftKey Software Products, a technology company that sold software geared toward
Kevin_O'Leary
of Diversity (Part 2 of 2)" February 28, 2013 (2013-02-28) 12 "Billion Dollar Caribou" March 21, 2013 (2013-03-21) 13 "The Beaver Whisperers" March 28
List of The Nature of Things episodes
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his head and dresses up like a security guard. Later, when Milton is too soft and fails to give Jack a citation for skateboarding in the courtyard, he
List_of_Kickin'_It_episodes
1956 recording of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash
"Million Dollar Quartet" is a recording of an impromptu jam session involving Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash made on December
Million_Dollar_Quartet
23120 Shipmates O'Mine Thomas Kinniburgh 23121 23122 The Dollar Prince Waltz, from "The Dollar Prince" Alhambra Orchestra 23123 Make Up Your Mind, Maggie
List of Edison Blue Amberol Records: Popular Series
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woman Miss Johnson (Doris Singleton) into letting him buy the watch for 1 dollar as down payment. Gomer sees Carter take the watch and walk out and he thinks
List of Gomer Pyle – USMC episodes
List_of_Gomer_Pyle_–_USMC_episodes
American multinational soft drink company (2008–2018)
Dr Pepper Snapple Group was an American multinational soft drink company based in Plano, Texas. The company originated as Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages
Dr_Pepper_Snapple_Group
United States financial participants
Regulatory Authority, Inc. Retrieved 21 March 2017. Lemke and Lins, Soft Dollars and Other Trading Activities, §2:3 (Thomson West, 2013-2014 ed.). "Listing
Securities market participants (United States)
Securities_market_participants_(United_States)
Japanese investment holding company
venture capital arm SoftBank Ventures Asia Corp. after suffering billions of dollars in losses from failed startup bets. In May 2023, the SoftBank Group announced
SoftBank_Group
Mountain" 3418. "Short Life of Trouble" 3419. "Chilly Winds" 3420. "Greenback Dollar" 3421. "In the Pines", "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" 3422. "My Trunk
List of folk songs by Roud number
List_of_folk_songs_by_Roud_number
50-cent piece depicting John F Kennedy minted after his assassination in 1963
The Kennedy half dollar, first minted in 1964, is a fifty-cent coin issued by the United States Mint. Intended as a memorial to the assassinated 35th president
Kennedy_half_dollar
Immigration detention facility in Florida, US
Immigration and Customs Enforcement website, the official name is the "Florida Soft Sided Facility South". Signs outside the camp indicate "Alligator Alcatraz"
Alligator_Alcatraz
the exact euro to dollar conversion rate is unknown for earnings since April 2014, but the euro never fell below parity with the dollar during 2014 and
List of highest-grossing films
List_of_highest-grossing_films
Type of computing error
In electronics and computing, a soft error is a type of error where a signal or datum is wrong. Errors may be caused by a defect, usually understood either
Soft_error
both uninhabited and rich in mineral resources, which could mean million-dollar paydays for both the crew and the company that owns the Cortez. During the
List of The Outer Limits (1995 TV series) episodes
List_of_The_Outer_Limits_(1995_TV_series)_episodes
Type of trading in securities
nyse.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Lemke and Lins, Soft Dollars and Other Trading Activities, §2:35 (Thomson West, 2013-2104 ed.). Furbush
Program_trading
Topics referred to by the same term
bottom dollar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bottom Dollar may refer to: Bottom Dollar Food, an American soft-discount grocery chain Bottom Dollar (album)
Bottom_Dollar
Surcharge put on the aggregate payroll of a sports team
Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the players union and the owners. For every dollar a team spends above the tax threshold, they must also pay some fraction
Luxury_tax_(sports)
Publisher and distributor of CD-ROM based personal computer software
SoftKey International (originally SoftKey Software Products, Inc.) was a software company founded by Kevin O'Leary in 1986 in Toronto, Ontario. It was
SoftKey
huge size and enormous strength, has a kind nature and sometimes is also soft-hearted. . The eponymous giant at the tale's end in the 1888 short story
List_of_stock_characters
American professional wrestling promoter (born 1945)
2008, episode of Raw after celebratory explosions tied to the "Million Dollar Mania" prize giveaway caused the stage to collapse on top of him. During
Vince_McMahon
1928 Chinese commemorative coin
The Auto Dollar (Chinese: 汽車錢; lit. 'Automobile coin', also known as 贵州汽车币; 'Guizhou car coin' or Kweichow Auto Dollar in English) is a silver one yuan
Auto_Dollar
American singer-songwriter (born 1951)
millions of dollars' worth of royalties. Lieberman released four studio albums through Capitol Records in the 1970s, in the style of soft rock and folk
Lori_Lieberman
Defunct American soft-discount grocery chain
Bottom Dollar Food is a defunct American soft-discount grocery chain. It was a subsidiary of Delhaize America, the U.S. division of international food
Bottom_Dollar_Food
moved as part of a construction project at Harvard Law School. The million-dollar move, which has been planned for five years, requires the buildings to be
List of This Old House episodes (seasons 21–30)
List_of_This_Old_House_episodes_(seasons_21–30)
American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984)
in photography was pictorialism, which strove to imitate paintings with soft focus, diffused light, and other techniques. Adams experimented with such
Ansel_Adams
Software for trading financial products
728–746. doi:10.1016/j.dss.2004.10.006. ISSN 0167-9236. Lemke and Lins, Soft Dollars and Other Trading Activities, §§2:25–2:29 (Thomson West, 2013–2014 ed
Electronic_trading_platform
Large hand-tossed thin crust pizza
in small stores along the street, earning it the nickname of "Dollar Pizza" or the "Dollar Slice". The first pizzeria in the United States, Lombardi's,
New_York–style_pizza
French actress (1942–1967)
films include Philippe de Broca's That Man from Rio, François Truffaut's The Soft Skin (both 1964), Val Guest's Where the Spies Are (1965), and Roman Polanski's
Françoise_Dorléac
American physicist
Franklin J. Dollar is an American physicist and professor at the department of physics and astronomy at University of California, Irvine (UCI). A member
Franklin_Dollar
Species of sea urchin
western Atlantic Ocean where it buries itself in soft sediment in shallow seas. Like other sand dollars, Leodia sexiesperforata is radially symmetrical
Leodia_sexiesperforata
American multinational technology company
on April 4, 1975, with Gates as CEO, and Allen suggested the name "Micro-Soft", short for micro-computer software. In August 1977, the company formed an
Microsoft
American fast food chain
for five dollars (equivalent to $7.48 in 2025), in the continental United States and Canada, as a "limited time only" promotion. "Five Dollar Footlongs"
Subway_(restaurant)
Beach near Dili, Timor-Leste
One Dollar Beach or Dollar Beach (Portuguese: Praia do Dólar, Tetum: Tasi-ibun Dolar) is a public beach on the north coast of Timor-Leste, east north east
One_Dollar_Beach
widow (Joan Elan) in Oregon, Paladin is instead offered fifty thousands of dollars by Russian Prince Radachev (Leonid Kinskey) so he and Paladin can hunt
List of Have Gun – Will Travel episodes
List_of_Have_Gun_–_Will_Travel_episodes
Value menu of restaurant chain Taco Bell
Dollar Cravings (or $1 Dollar Cravings) is the value menu of American fast-food restaurant Taco Bell. Dollar Cravings was launched August 18, 2014 in reaction
Dollar_Cravings
Country in Southeastern Africa
weathering, as softer rocks surrounding them erode away. They have been depicted on both the banknotes of Zimbabwe and the Rhodesian dollar banknotes. The
Zimbabwe
List of episodes
plan backfires when Marshmallow becomes a friend of Orange's and becomes to soft for the death trap to cut. Note: Marshmallow makes their debut appearance
List of Annoying Orange episodes
List_of_Annoying_Orange_episodes
British actor (1935–2013)
Year Title Role Notes 1966 Softly, Softly Police Constable 1 episode Uncredited 1967 Billion Dollar Brain G.P.O. Special Delivery Boy with Michael Caine
Stanley_Caine
Water ride at Silver Dollar City
Falls soft opened for members on July 5, 2020 and officially opened to the public on July 21, 2020. In January 2019, a representative from Silver Dollar City
Mystic_River_Falls
National Basketball Association payment cap
above the luxury tax cap are subject to the luxury tax (a tax on every dollar spent over the luxury tax cap). The NBA had a salary cap in the mid-1940s
NBA_salary_cap
Video-focused social media platform
'algospeak' is changing our language in real time, from 'nip nops' to 'le dollar bean'". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 3 November 2023
TikTok
2024 animated film by Disney
3rd Disney Release Of 2024 To Milestone As Studio Now Counts 32 Billion-Dollar Global Grossers". Deadline. Retrieved January 25, 2025. "Moana 2". Rotten
Moana_2
US silver dollar coin (1836–1839)
The Gobrecht dollar, minted from 1836 to 1839, was the first silver dollar struck for circulation by the United States Mint after production of that denomination
Gobrecht_dollar
Bilateral relations
much larger contributions in kind, taking the form of infrastructural aid, soft loans, technical knowledge transfer, economic planning and skills involved
History of India–United States relations
History_of_India–United_States_relations
French businessman (born 1962)
of Management in 1985. During his studies, he co-founded the CRM company Soft Computing with other fellow students and interned at Hewlett-Packard in Paris
François-Henri_Pinault
1987 film by Paul Verhoeven
seconds to comply" and television host Bixby Snyder's "I'd buy that for a dollar" are among the film's most recognizable. The film has been referred to in
RoboCop
American singer and songwriter (born 1966)
1991, she signed a multimillion-dollar deal with Virgin Records—estimated between thirty-two to fifty million dollars—making her the highest paid recording
Janet_Jackson
American singer and songwriter (born 1958)
27, 2022. 1989: Barty, Billy (November 30, 1989). "Tickertape: Million Dollar Bash" (PDF). Cash Box. p. 6. Retrieved July 27, 2022. Annual earning list:
Madonna
Ranking of recorded music
"Not Like Us" Kendrick Lamar 7 "Espresso" Sabrina Carpenter 8 "Million Dollar Baby" Tommy Richman 9 "I Remember Everything" Zach Bryan featuring Kacey
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2024
Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_2024
Japanese art of paper folding
countries is also popular to create origami with; this is known variously as Dollar Origami, Orikane, and Money Origami. It is common to fold using a flat surface
Origami
Family of sea urchins
Mellitidae is a family of sand dollars, in the echinoderm order Clypeasteroida. These irregular sea urchins bury themselves in soft sediment in shallow seas
Mellitidae
Annual ranking of the world's billionaires by Forbes magazine
March 1987. The net worth of each individual is cited in United States dollars, based on their documented assets, and accounting for debt and other factors
The_World's_Billionaires
Ongoing Indian LGBT rights case law
Additionally, sexual and gender minority tourism was worth 211 billion dollars in 2016. Sexual and gender minority travellers tend to spend more than
Supriyo_v._Union_of_India
wrongful conviction settlement with the state of Illinois for $40 million US dollars, the largest wrongful conviction settlement in state history. Nov 10, 1991
List of wrongful convictions in the United States
List_of_wrongful_convictions_in_the_United_States
Cola soft drink
Coca-Cola, or Coke, is a cola soft drink manufactured by the Coca-Cola Company. In 2013, Coke products were sold in over 200 countries and territories
Coca-Cola
Hypothetical event
human-initiated error correction or for a gradual tuning of the agent's goals. In a soft takeoff, the AI still becomes far more powerful than humanity, but at a human-like
Technological_singularity
Type of cryptocurrency that is reserve backed
nearly 97% of fiat-backed stablecoins are pegged to the US dollar. Major examples of US-dollar-pegged stablecoins are Tether's USDT and Circle's USDC. For
Stablecoin
Soft drink by PepsiCo
Pepsi is a carbonated soft drink with a cola flavor, the flagship product of PepsiCo. In 2023, Pepsi was the second most valuable soft drink brand worldwide
Pepsi
Entity speculated to be or become a superpower
remains a superpower primarily due to its alliances, military capacity, soft power, and economic influence and heft. China's status as a superpower has
Potential_superpower
American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
easy alternatives." In 2003, Thiel successfully bet that the United States dollar would weaken. In 2004, Thiel spoke of the dot-com bubble having migrated
Peter_Thiel
2010 video game
soundtracks of 1960s Western films, such as Ennio Morricone's work on the Dollars Trilogy, was more representative of Western music. Rockstar also consulted
Red_Dead_Redemption
Enclosed roller coaster
Fire in the Hole is an enclosed steel roller coaster located at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri. The five story steel roller coaster was built
Fire in the Hole (2024 roller coaster)
Fire_in_the_Hole_(2024_roller_coaster)
American business executive (born 1960)
Mickle, Tripp (May 3, 2022). After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-300983-7. Archived
Tim_Cook
2009; accessed 17 February 2011. Joe Wilson, "Tom Ashley". In Greenback Dollar: The Music of Clarence "Tom" Ashley [CD liner notes]. County Records, 2001
List of people who adopted matrilineal surnames
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PC software products
(equivalent to $79 in 2026 dollars). A large number of its creditors were customers who had not received their rebates for SoftRAM. Syncronys replaced its
SoftRAM
2026 award ceremony for music
Rose Trombone Shorty "Shining Star" Zara Larsson "Midnight Sun" Spiritbox "Soft Spine" Tasha Cobbs Leonard "Church" Darren Criss Helen J. Shen Will Aronson
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SOFT DOLLAR
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English : habitational name from any of the various places, for example in Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, and Warwickshire, named in Old Norse with topt, Old Danish toft ‘curtilage’, ‘site’, ‘homestead’.Scandinavian : habitational name from any of several farmsteads or place names derived from Old Norse topt ‘curtilage’, ‘site’, ‘homestead’.
Surname or Lastname
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English : perhaps a respelling of Salt.
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Indian
Good habit, Plus point
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Soft
Female
Spanish
Spanish form of Greek Sophia, SOFÃA means "wisdom."
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Good Habit; Plus Point; Speciality
Girl/Female
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Soft
Female
Egyptian
, the goddess of writing.
Girl/Female
Australian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Swedish
Wise; Wisdom
Girl/Female
Greek
Wise.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English lofte ‘upper chamber’, ‘attic’, possibly bestowed on a household servant who worked in an upper chamber, or used in the same sense as Loftus.Danish : habitational name from a place called Loft.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Very Soft; Soft Minded
Boy/Male
American, British, English
From the Small Farm
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Muslim
Good habit, Plus point
SOFT DOLLAR
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Female
English
Elaborated form of English Jen, JENELLE means "white and smooth."
Girl/Female
Indian
Light
Boy/Male
Hindu
Boy/Male
Indian
Respective, Exalted, Glorified, Honored
Girl/Female
Indian
Beautiful Angel of God
Boy/Male
Muslim
Wonder
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada
Concentration
Boy/Male
English American
Lives by the holly trees.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Indian, Kannada
One who Achieves
Surname or Lastname
English
English : perhaps a habitational name from a minor place in Derbyshire named Kenslow, though the surname is now found in Kent rather than Derbyshire.Possibly also an Americanized form of German Kinzler.
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n.
A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.; as, an organ loft.
superl.
Not rough, rugged, or harsh to the touch; smooth; delicate; fine; as, soft silk; a soft skin.
v. t.
To separate, and place in distinct classes or divisions, as things having different qualities; as, to sort cloths according to their colors; to sort wool or thread according to its fineness.
superl.
Not harsh or rough in sound; gentle and pleasing to the ear; flowing; as, soft whispers of music.
n.
Soot.
a.
Having a soft or fragile shell.
superl.
Having, or consisting of, a gentle curve or curves; not angular or abrupt; as, soft outlines.
superl.
Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as, a soft bed; a soft peach; soft earth; soft wood or metal.
interj.
Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast.
v. t.
To make soft or more soft.
a.
Alt. of Soft-shelled
n.
A kind or species; any number or collection of individual persons or things characterized by the same or like qualities; a class or order; as, a sort of men; a sort of horses; a sort of trees; a sort of poems.
superl.
Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring; pleasing to the eye; not exciting by intensity of color or violent contrast; as, soft hues or tints.
superl.
Quiet; undisturbed; paceful; as, soft slumbers.
n.
A soft or foolish person; an idiot.
superl.
Hence, agreeable to feel, taste, or inhale; not irritating to the tissues; as, a soft liniment; soft wines.
v. t.
To separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the coarse; as, to sift meal or flour; to sift powder; to sift sand or lime.
v. t.
To cover or dress with soot; to smut with, or as with, soot; as, to soot land.
superl.
Expressing gentleness, tenderness, or the like; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind; as, soft eyes.
superl.
Not tinged with mineral salts; adapted to decompose soap; as, soft water is the best for washing.