(automotive, machinery, aviation, marine) A deposit paid by the purchaser of a rebuilt part, to be refunded on return of a used, rebuildable part, or the returned rebuildable part itself.

Acronym of corporate responsibility.

Acronym of Congress of Racial Equality. / Acronym of Center for Operations Research and Econometrics. / Acronym of Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education.

plural of core

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of core

simple past tense and past participle of core

Applied to various (often specialised and underground) genres of music and subcultures.

(Greek mythology) The birth name of Persephone/Proserpina, the queen of the Underworld/Hades, and goddess of the seasons and of vegetation. She is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, and the wife of Hades.

Obsolete form of Korah.

The quality of being core.