sheet
IPA: ʃˈit
noun
- A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
- A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache, etc. In modern books, each sheet of paper is typically folded in half, to produce two leaves and four pages. In the absence of folding, "leaf" and "sheet" are equivalent.
- A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
- A thin, flat layer of solid material.
- A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface.
- (nautical) A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.
- (nautical, nonstandard) A sail.
- (curling) The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.
- (nonstandard) A layer of veneer.
- (figuratively) Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.
- (geology) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
- (nautical) The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.
- (video games, dated) A distinct level or stage within a game.
- A village in Hampshire, England.
verb
- (transitive) To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.
- (transitive) To form into sheets.
- (intransitive) Of rain, or other precipitation, to pour heavily.
- (nautical) To trim a sail using a sheet.
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Examples of "sheet" in Sentences
- China International Capital Corp. is the sole lead manager and bookrunner for the deal, the term sheet said.
- J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Bank of America-Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley are the joint sponsors on the deal, the term sheet said.
- The roadshow for the airline's bonds started in Hong Kong Friday, and continues in Singapore Monday before ending back in Hong Kong on Tuesday, the term sheet said.
- Everbright Bank will offer 10.5 billion shares in the IPO, with an overallotment option of an additional 1.5 billion shares, the term sheet said, and the lender will price the deal July 8.
- Everbright Bank, whose IPO was approved by regulators in Hong Kong and China last week, will begin the sale of the retail tranche—accounting for 5% of the offer—on July 4, the term sheet said.
- HONG KONG—Hong Kong Airlines Ltd. plans to sell offshore yuan-denominated bonds, according to a term sheet seen by Dow Jones Newswires Monday, which would make it the first airline to tap the so-called dim sum bond market.
- a difficulty in procuring a pailful for wetting the sheet -- give your patient a _dripping sheet_ instead, which, in most cases, will do as well; or, should there be a want of a wash-tub to give it in, a _rubbing sheet_ may supply the bath.
- HONG KONG—MGM China Holdings Ltd., a casino joint venture between Las Vegas based- MGM Resorts International MGM and a daughter of gambling tycoon Stanley Ho , is seeking to raise up to $1.5 billion in an initial public offering in Hong Kong, according to a term sheet seen on Tuesday.
- HONG KONG— China Everbright Bank Co. is set to raise around $6 billion from its Hong Kong initial public offering—lower than its original target—ahead of a share listing July 15, according to a term sheet seen Tuesday, in what is likely to be one of the biggest IPOs in the city this year.
- South Korean food and bio-product manufacturer CJ CheilJedang Corp. plans to sell three-year offshore yuan bonds, the latest company to tap the "dim sum" bond market, according to a term sheet seen by Dow Jones Newswires Monday, in what could become the first yuan bond issue from a Korean borrower.
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