ASP

UK: /ˈæsp/ US: /æsp/ ,(asp)

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ASP,¹ +

1. Computing Application Service Provider: a company that gives individuals or businesses access through the Internet to specialized software applications and other computer-related services.

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asp¹ /æsp/   n. [countable]

1. Reptiles a poisonous snake of Europe and Asia, esp. the horned viper.

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asp¹  (asp), n. 

1. Reptiles any of several venomous snakes, esp. the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
2. Archaeology uraeus.

• Greek aspís origin, originally, shield
• Latin
• back formation from Middle English aspis (taken as plural) 1300–50

asp′ish, adj. 

asp²  (asp), n., adj. 

1. Plant Biology aspen.

• North European Indo-European *aps-. See aspen
• Old High German adjective, adjectival espîn), Old Norse ǫsp; akin to Latvian apse, Russian osína, Czech osika
• bef. 900; Middle English aspe, apse, Old English æsp(e), æps(e); cognate with Middle Low German aspe, Old High German aspa (German Espe, with altered vowel

ASP, 

1. American selling price.

Asp, [Biochem.]

1. Biochemistry aspartic acid.

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asp / æsp/ noun

1. the venomous snake, probably Naja haje (Egyptian cobra), that caused the death of Cleopatra and was formerly used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death
   See also uraeus
2. Also called: asp viper a viper, Vipera aspis, that occurs in S Europe and is very similar to but smaller than the adder
3. horned asp ⇒
   another name for horned viper

Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin aspis, from Greek

asp / æsp/ noun

1. an archaic name for the aspen

Etymology: Old English æspe; related to Old Norse ösp, Old High German aspa