soc

plural socs · alternative Soc

1. slanguncountableSociology or social science.
2. countableslangUpper class youth.

   We get jumped by the Socs. I'm not sure how you spell it, but it's the abbreviation for the Socials, the jet set, the West-side rich kids.

   1967, S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders, page 2

plural socs

1. UKuniversity slangA society (circle, club, interest group).

   Are you part of any socs this year?

1. UKhistoricaluncountablelawThe lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction.

   Doubts have recently been cast upon Maitland's view that the Anglo-Saxon "sac and soc" included the right to hold a petty court, to compel tenants to attend it, and to take profits from it.

   2001, Theodore Frank Thomas Plucknett, A Concise History of the Common Law, page 96

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   As proprietors of the soc, the lords claimed a great number of fees and perquisites, payable by all classes of people, whether free or servile, who negotiated any affairs within the soc, and which no doubt formed in themselves a considerable source of revenue.

   1869, George Norton, Commentaries on the History, Constitution, and Chartered Franchises of the City of London, page 96

   Synonyms: soke

2. UKobsoleteuncountableAn exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township in which the mill stands.

plural Socs

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of soc (“upper class youth”).

plural SOCs · alternative SoC

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of system on a chip.
2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of special operations command.

   Synonyms: SOCOM

3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of separation of concerns.
4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebroadcastingInitialism of standard outcue.
5. abbreviationcountableuncountablebusinessAbbreviation of state of charge.
6. abbreviationcountableinitialismstandarduncountableInitialism of standard of care.
7. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of schedule of charges.

alternative SoC

1. abbreviationinitialismaccountingInitialism of System and Organization Controls.
2. SingaporeabbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of standard obstacle course.

plural SoCs

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of SOC.