COI

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A form of conflict of interest — A situation in which an individual or legal entity in a position of trust (such as an attorney, investment advisor, broker, politician, executive, director, scientist or physician) has competing professional or personal interests.

Less commonScrabble 5

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COI1

nounCOI (plural COIs)

plural COIs

  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of conflict of interest.
  2. abbreviationinitialismnatural sciencesInitialism of centre of inertia.
proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Central Office of Information, a UK government agency closed in December 2011.

CoI2

nounCoI (plural CoIs)

plural CoIs

  1. abbreviationinitialismnatural sciencesInitialism of centre of inertia.

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