- IRD
IRD or ird may refer to the following:
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Ird (Bedouin) , a Bedouin honor code for women;Abbreviations:
*Inland Revenue Department in some countries
*Integrated receiver/decoder
*"Institut de recherche pour le développement " ("Institute of research for development"), a French scientific institution dedicated to the development of tropical countries
*Intelligent Resource Director ,IBM Mainframe s
*Internet radio device .
*The Institute on Religion and Democracy , a conservative religio-political 'watchdog group' in the United States that seeks to reduce the public influence of the mainline Protestant Christian churches in the United States.
*TheInformation Research Department (1948-1977), a department of the British Foreign Office set up to counter Russian propaganda and infiltration.
*Image Replacement Document- another name for Substitute Check as defined in the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act (Check 21).
*Interest rate derivative , afinancial instrument
*Ice rafted debris
*IRD asset
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