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  • 11Moody, AL — U.S. town in Alabama Population (2000): 8053 Housing Units (2000): 3317 Land area (2000): 23.890636 sq. miles (61.876461 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.143462 sq. miles (0.371565 sq. km) Total area (2000): 24.034098 sq. miles (62.248026 sq. km)… …

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  • 12Moody, TX — U.S. city in Texas Population (2000): 1400 Housing Units (2000): 616 Land area (2000): 0.850678 sq. miles (2.203245 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.850678 sq. miles (2.203245 sq. km) FIPS code …

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  • 13Moody — (spr. mūdĭ), Dwight Lyman, amerikan. Erweckungsprediger, geb. 5. Febr. 1837 in Northfield (Massachusetts), gest. daselbst 22. Dez. 1899, von Beruf Schuhmacher, war seit 1856 in Chicago, später auf Reisen in England und Amerika mit großem Erfolg… …

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  • 14Moody's — USA Moody s Investors Service is a rating agency that ranks the credit worthiness of borrowers by rating their debt or other securities using a standardized ratings scale (like Standard & Poor s). They rate common and preferred stock, bonds and… …

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  • 15Moody's™ — UK US noun TRADEMARK ► a US organization that gives information on the risks relating to different types of bonds, etc.: » The certificates were rated triple A by Moody s …

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  • 16Moody's — Moody’s [Moodys] (also Moody’s Investors Service) a US company started in 1900 which does research into the possible risks of investing money in particular companies and publishes credit ratings for ↑investors …

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  • 17moody — index despondent, disconsolate, fractious, froward, inconsistent, petulant, resentful, restive Burton s Le …

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  • 18Moody —   [ muːdɪ], William Vaughn, amerikanischer Schriftsteller, * Spencer (Indiana) 8. 7. 1869, ✝ Colorado Springs (Colorado) 17. 10. 1910; studierte an der Harvard University und lehrte dort sowie an der University of Chicago. Seine Gedichte und… …

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  • 19moody — (adj.) O.E. modig brave, proud, high spirited, impetuous, arrogant, from P.Gmc. *modago (Cf. O.S. modag, Du. moedig, Ger. mutig, O.N. moðugr); see MOOD (Cf. mood) (1) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Meaning subject to gloomy spells is first recorded 1590s (via… …

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  • 20moody — [adj] crabby, temperamental angry, cantankerous, capricious, changeable, crabbed*, crestfallen, cross, dismal, doleful, dour, downcast, down in the dumps*, down in the mouth*, erratic, fickle, fitful, flighty, frowning, gloomy, glum, huffy, ill… …

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