Meaning of soe | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A gewog of Thimphu District, Bhutan.
3. a large wooden vessel for carrying water, especially one to be carried on a pole between two people.
   obsolete
4. Initialism of state-owned enterprise.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
5. Initialism of Special Operations Executive.
   abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism

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Examples

“"[…] no more then a Pump grown dry will yield any water, unless you pour a little water into it first, and then for one Bason-ful you may fetch up so many Soe-fuls".”

“2012, The Economist, Oct 6th 2012 issue, China’s state capitalism: Not just tilting at windmills Having seen post-Soviet state assets fall into the hands of oligarchs, China built up a select group of SOEs with cheap loans, land and energy, so that the wealth would remain with the party.”

“His luck was that SOE needed people fluent in European languages – a need that soon spawned the creation of an entire commando unit made up of largely Jewish refugees that became known as X-Troop.”

“The people of Soe Gewog depend largely on yak herding, dairy production, and collection of medicinal plants, particularly cordyceps (Yartsa Gunbu), which is a key source of cash income.”

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