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o/s

1. (of the calendar) Old Style.
2. out of stock.
3. (in banking) outstanding.
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old style  
n.  
  1. Printing A style of type originating in the 18th century and characterized by slight contrast between light and heavy strokes and slanting serifs.

  2. Old Style Abbr. OS or O/S The method of reckoning dates according to the Julian calendar.

OS  
abbr.  
  1. or O/S Old Style

  2. ordinary seaman

o.s.  
abbr.  
  1. Latin oculus sinister (left eye)

  2. old series

  3. or o/s out of stock

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