SDR

S1D2R1

A form of special drawing right — A monetary unit of account maintained by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the value of which is based on a basket of major currencies, currently (since 2016) consisting of the US dollar, the euro, the renminbi, the Japanese yen, and the pound sterling.

Less commonScrabble 4

Meanings

nounSDR (countable and uncountable, plural SDRs)

plural SDRs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of special drawing right.
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of single data rate.

    Synonyms: 1DR

  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemathematicsInitialism of system of distinct representatives.

    Synonyms: transversal

  4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecommunicationsInitialism of software defined radio.
  5. abbreviationcountableinitialismretronymuncountablebroadcastingInitialism of standard dynamic range.
  6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableespionageInitialism of surveillance detection route.
  7. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablehuman sciencesInitialism of socially desirable responding.
  8. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of standard dynamic range
  9. UKabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of Strategic Defence Review, a review of the United Kingdom's defence policy.

    The SDR made clear that long-term success depends on reconnecting society with the Armed Forces and the purpose of Defence, supported by a national conversation.

    2025 December 15, Richard Knighton, “Chief of the Defence Staff speech”, in Gov.uk
proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismuncommonInitialism of Sara Delano Roosevelt.

    One Sunday evening, after a long and discordant weekend, SDR wrote to “Dearest Franklin and dearest Eleanor” about her views regarding “noblesse oblige” and “honneur oblige.”

    1993, Blanche Wiesen Cook, Eleanor Roosevelt, volumes 1: The Early Years, 1884–1933, Penguin, →ISBN

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APA

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