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Shortened objects and entities

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Stub (stock) A stub is the stock representing the remaining equity in a corporation left over after a major cash or security distribution from a buyout, a spin-out, a demerger or some other form of restructuring Restructuring is the corporate management term ...
, the portion of a corporation left over after most but not all of it has been bought out or spun out * Stub, a tree cut and allowed to regrow from the trunk; see
Pollarding Pollarding is a pruning system involving the removal of the upper branches of a tree, which promotes the growth of a dense head of foliage and branches. In ancient Rome, Propertius mentioned pollarding during the 1st century BCE. The practice oc ...
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Pay stub A paycheck, also spelled paycheque, pay check or pay cheque, is traditionally a paper document (a cheque) issued by an employer to pay an employee for services rendered. In recent times, the physical paycheck has been increasingly replaced by el ...
, a receipt or record that the employer has paid an employee *
Stub period In finance, in particular with reference to bonds and swaps, a stub period is a length of time over which interest In finance and economics, interest is payment from a borrower or deposit-taking financial institution to a lender or depositor ...
, period of time over which interest accrues which is not equal to the usual interval between bond coupon *
Stub road An unused highway is a highway or highway ramp that was partially or fully constructed, but went unused or was later closed. An unused roadway or ramp may often be referred to as an abandoned road, ghost road, highway to nowhere, stub ramp, g ...
, an unused road junction *
Ticket stub A ticket is a voucher that indicates that an individual is entitled to admission to an event or establishment such as a theatre, amusement park, or tourist attraction, or has a right to travel on a vehicle, such as with an airline ticket, ...
, the portion of an admissions ticket that is retained by the ticket holder


Computing and electronics

* Stub (distributed computing), a piece of work of a greater calculation in distributed computing * Stub (electronics), a calculated length section of transmission line used to match impedance in transmission lines * Method stub, in computer programming, a piece of code used to stand in for some other programming functionality * Stub network, in computer networking, a section of network with only one exit router to other networks *
Test stub In advanced polymorphism computer science, test stubs are programs that simulate the behaviours of software components (or modules) that a module undergoing tests depends on. Test stubs provide canned answers to calls made during the test, usuall ...
, one type of test doubles (along with mock objects) in software testing


People


Given name or nickname

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Stub Brown Richard P. "Stub" Brown (August 3, 1870 – March 10, 1948) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1893 to 1897, for the Baltimore Orioles and Cincinnati Reds. He stood at 6' 2" and weighed 220 lbs.
(1870–1938), American baseball player * Stubb Ross (died 1987), Canadian airline executive * Christopher B. "Stubb" Stubblefield, (1931–1995), barbecue restaurateur and chef, and musician *
Stub Wiberg Lauritz Stub Wiberg (11 March 1875 – 24 June 1929) was a Norwegian actor. He made his stage debut at the Bergen theatre Den Nationale Scene in 1898, and played at Nationaltheatret in Kristiania from 1903. He participated in the film ''Glomdal ...
(1875–1929), Norwegian actor


Surname

* Alexander Stubb (born 1968), Finnish politician *
Ambrosius Stub Ambrosius Christoffersen Stub (May 1705 – 15 July 1758) was a Danish poet. Life Stub was born in Gummerup on the island of Funen, but his exact birth date is unknown. He was baptized at Verninge in Odense on 17 May 1705. The son of a tail ...
(1705–1758), Danish poet *
Hans Stubb Hans "Hennes" Stubb (8 October 1906 – 19 March 1973) was a German footballer. Club career He played in defense for Eintracht Frankfurt from 1928 to 1944. International career He also played 10 times for Germany, scoring one goal. Stubb s ...
(1906–1973), German soccer player *
Jens Stub Jens Stub (3 March 1764 – 24 October 1819) was a Norwegian priest and politician. He was vicar on the island of Veøya and served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814. Biography He was the so ...
(1764–1819), Norwegian politician *
Sverre Stub Sverre Stub (born 24 February 1946) is a Norwegian diplomat. He is a siv.øk. by education, and started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1971. He served at the United Nations delegation in Geneva from 1986 to 1990, at the ...
(born 1946), Norwegian diplomat


Other uses

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Stub Place Stubb Place is a small settlement in western Cumbria, England. Known by locals in Waberthwaite as marshside, due to the name of the nearby cottages. It lies within the Lake District National Park The Lake District National Park is a national ...
, settlement in Cumbria, England * Stubb, a character in the novel ''Moby-Dick'' by Herman Melville


See also

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Stubbe Stubbe is a surname borne by: People * Christian Stubbe (born 1982), German archer * Dirk Stubbe, 21st century South African politician * Hans Stubbe (1902–1989), German agronomist and geneticist * Hermann and Peter Stubbe (both died 1901), c ...
, a surname *
Stubble (disambiguation) Stubble may mean: * Stubble, short stumps of hair that grow back on a man's face after shaving. ** Designer stubble: shaving stubble of a type that became popular in the 1980s * Stubble, the short stalks left in a field after crops have been harve ...
* Stubbs (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, surname Lists of people by nickname