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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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Cif

What does the abbreviation "cif" mean and the noun "ciffer" derived from that?
  

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Anonymous What does the abbreviation "cif" mean The most common is 'cost, insurance & freight', but you have supplied no context whatsoever. Anonymous the noun "ciffer" derived from that? I have never heard such an English word and cannot find it in a reputable dictionary.

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  • Anonymous What does the abbreviation "cif" mean The most common is 'cost, insurance & freight', but you have supplied no context whatsoever.
  • Anonymous the noun "ciffer" derived from that?
  • I have never heard such an English word and cannot find it in a reputable dictionary.
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AnonymousWhat does the abbreviation "cif" mean
The most common is 'cost, insurance & freight', but you have supplied no context whatsoever.
Anonymous the noun "ciffer" derived from that?
I have never heard such an English word and cannot find it in a reputable dictionary.
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It is very often used in readers' comments, in some newspapers. I think that it may be an abbreviations of the Guardian column "comment is free" hence the "cif" and the "ciffer" but I'm not quite sure about that, that's my supposition only.
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