Alternative form of bid-ask spread

A region of Asia, bordering the west coast of the northern Pacific. A region of the world composed of the Koreas, mainland Japan archipelago, northern China. Sometimes including variously Mongolia, Outer Manchuria, Sakhalin, the Kurils, Kamchatka, the whole of the Russian Far East, the whole of the People's Republic of China, the whole of Japan.

(colloquial) Ellipsis of as soon as.

plural of ashy tit

incidentally; by the way

(simile, slang, dated) Very close indeed; as near as possible without actually touching.