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FAS

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FAS

  1. Initialism of Financial Assistance Scheme.
    • 2016, Fang Yanping, Singapore Teachers: Narratives of Care, Hope and Commitment, page 26:
      In fact, 18 students in my class are under the FAS, compared to an average of four students in each of the other Primary Six classes.
  2. Initialism of Federation of American Scientists.
    • 2023 September 5, Julian Borger, Andrew Roth, “Return of US nuclear weapons to UK would be an escalation, says Russia”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
      FAS estimates Russia has 1,816 tactical, or non-strategic, weapons (shorter range and intended for use in battle rather than for the destruction of whole cities).

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FAS (uncountable)

  1. Initialism of fetal alcohol syndrome.

Adjective

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FAS

  1. (Incoterm) Initialism of free alongside ship.

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