(in the singular) The world, a place where difficulties and the sorrows of life are felt, especially (Christianity) as a place to be left behind when one dies and goes to heaven.

plural of Secretary of State

(finance, economics) The cost of the marginal unit of capital that a firm could raise.

Any of several senior government positions whose function varies from nation to nation. / The chief clerk of a U.S. state.

(set theory) One of the axioms of set theory, equivalent to the statement that an arbitrary direct product of non-empty sets is non-empty; any version of said axiom, for example specifying the cardinality of the number of sets from which choices are made.

plural of point of sale

In an establishment that sells goods or services, the location at which payment for goods is made.

The elapsing of time.

(literary) time considered as a finite commodity that is gradually running out, as the sand in an hourglass

A governmental department responsible for education and related affairs.