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GCIDE

  1. Downoun

    shortened form of the Dow-Jones Index or Dow Jones Industrial Average; as, the Dow rose 100 points today.

Wiktionary

  1. Downoun

    Dow Jones Average

  2. Etymology: Variant of Daw from David or daw, and of Duff from.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Downoun

    a kind of vessel. See Dhow

  2. Dowverb

    to furnish with a dower; to endow

  3. Etymology: [F. douer. See Dower.]

Wikidata

  1. Dow

    Dow is an unincorporated community in Jersey County, Illinois, United States.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Dow

    dow, v.i. (obs.) to be good for a purpose: (Scot.) to be able.—p.adjs. Docht, Dought. [A.S. dugan.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Dow

    or Douw, Gerard, a distinguished Dutch genre-painter, born at Leyden; a pupil of Rembrandt; his works, which are very numerous, are the fruit of a devoted study of nature, and are remarkable for their delicacy and perfection of finish; examples of his works are found in all the great galleries of Europe (1613-1675).

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  1. DOW

    What does DOW stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the DOW acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. DOW

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Dow is ranked #2356 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Dow surname appeared 15,472 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 5 would have the surname Dow.

    83.1% or 12,863 total occurrences were White.
    9.5% or 1,482 total occurrences were Black.
    3.2% or 497 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2% or 309 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.2% or 200 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.7% or 121 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of DOW in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of DOW in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of DOW in a Sentence

  1. Chuck Grassley:

    DuPont and Dow are two titans of American industry and the proposed merger demands serious scrutiny.

  2. Ross McLean:

    We expect to triple our revenue from Africa over the next five years. That is our objective and we are on track to do that, dow is absolutely betting on Africa's growth.

  3. Jennifer Ellison:

    The Dow Jones industrial average’s going to be tough to get much of a rally now because it's so quiet and volume is already down, nobody’s interested in anything except making some modest tweaks to their portfolios for year-end spit and polish.

  4. Tom Piotrowski:

    You saw more than a slight moderation to the SP 500, and the Dow, but you’re still looking at these markets at record highs, it’s a matter of looking out for what the next catalyst is for these markets.

  5. Dow Chemical spokeswoman Rachelle Schikorra:

    We are reviewing our further appellate options, including seeking rehearing by the Tenth Circuit and/or review by the U.S. Supreme Court, because Dow operated Rocky Flats under a government contract, it is indemnified by the Department of Energy.

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