Ls Definition & Meaning

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British

Etymology

Examples

LS 1 American

1. left side.

2. letter signed.

3. library science.

4. lightship.

L.S. 2 American

abbreviation

1. Licentiate in Surgery.

2. Linnaean Society.

3. the place of the seal, as on a document; locus sigilli. Also l.s.

LS 1 British

abbreviation

1. Lesotho (international car registration)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 ls 2 British

abbreviation

1. (on a document) the place of the seal

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 ls 3 British

abbreviation

1. Lesotho

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of ls

from Latin locus sigilli

Example Sentences

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Regulators lacked the resources in their insurance fund to close bankrupt S&Ls, forcing an era of “forbearance” when thrifts stayed open despite insolvency.

From The Wall Street Journal

NRG is aiming to close its own significant expansion in early 2026, finalizing a nearly $12 billion acquisition of a portfolio of natural gas-generation facilities from energy infrastructure company LS Power Equity Advisors.

From Barron's

We closed or merged 1,400 savings-and-loan associations in the 1980s largely because the risk embedded in consumer-friendly 30-year fixed-rate assumable mortgages made at 7% detonated in the hands of the S&Ls when rates rocketed to 21.5%.

From The Wall Street Journal

Beware the three Ls: leverage, liquidity and lunacy.

From MarketWatch

Their spending included almost £1m on home, garden and stable improvements, £185,000 on art, including a pencil sketch by the artist LS Lowry, and £26,000 on private jet hire.

From BBC

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