FEC

See also: fec and fec.

English

Noun

FEC (countable and uncountable, plural FECs)

  1. (countable) Initialism of foreign exchange certificate.
  2. (information theory, uncountable) Initialism of forward error correction.

Proper noun

FEC

  1. (US) Initialism of Federal Election Commission.
    • 2020 July 28, Ryan Nobles and Gregory Krieg, “Watchdog group files complaint against Trump campaign over lack of transparency in spending”, in CNN‎[1]:
      If the allegations highlighted in the complaint were to be proved, either to the FEC or in court, it would strike another political blow against a campaign and presidency that has been beset by ethics violations and accusations of corruption at its highest levels.

Anagrams

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English FEC (“Federal Election Commission”).

Proper noun

FEC f

  1. Comisión Federal de Elecciones; FEC.
    • 2020 September 24, Marlon Sorto, “Confirman investigación federal contra la excongresista Ros-Lehtinen por fondos de campaña”, in CNN en Español‎[2]:
      La investigación se confirma casi un año después de que la organización sin fines de lucro Campaign Legal Center (CLC) solicitara a la Comisión Federal de Elecciones (FEC) que indagara un presunto mal manejo de fondos en la campaña de reelección de la exfuncionaria en 2017. […] En cuanto a la denuncia presentada por la organización CLC contra Ros-Lehtinen ante la FEC, la vocera de la comisión, Judith Ingram, dijo este jueves a CNN que “no podemos comentar sobre situaciones que podrían llevarse a cabo o que están pendientes”.
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