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videocassette recorder

–noun
an electronic apparatus capable of recording television programs or other signals onto videocassettes and playing them back through a television receiver.
Also called VCR


Origin:
1970–75
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VCR   (vē'sē-är')   
n.  An electronic device for recording and playing back video images and sound on a videocassette.

[v(ideo)c(assette) r(ecorder).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

VCR 
1971, acronym from videocassette recorder.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

VCR

See variable coupon renewable note.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Computing Dictionary

VCR
Video Cassette Recorder

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
VCR
video cassette recorder
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
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