Spread

Spread may refer to:

• Statistical dispersion.
• Spread (food), an edible paste put on other foods.
• the score difference being wagered on in spread betting.
• Spread (rational trigonometry), the measure of line inclination in rational trigonometry.
• Temperature-Dewpoint spread, dew point depression.
• Two-page spread a redundant term, also simply called "spread", referring to two adjacent, facing pages in a magazine or other publication with conjoined or connected content.
• In finance, the difference in price between related securities:
  • Bid-offer spread, between the buying and selling price of a commodity or security.
  • Spread trade, between two related securities or commodities.
  • Option-adjusted spread, on mortgage backed securities where the borrower has the right to repay in full.
  • Yield spread, difference in percentage rate of return of two instruments.
  • Z-spread, on mortgage backed securities.
  • Credit spread (bond), on bonds.
• a term used for speed reading in policy debate.
• The laying of Tarot cards for divinatory uses.
• Spread (film), a 2009 film.
• Spread, West Virginia.
• Bedspread, for protective or decorative use.
• Spreadability, a concept in media studies.
• Spread; a group of vessels used in a maritime construction project.

See also

• All pages with titles containing Spread
• Seafloor spreading, the process leading to continental drift
• Spread spectrum, communications signals over a range of frequencies
• Spread offense, an offensive scheme in American football designed to stretch the field horizontally
• Spread limit, a limit on a raise in poker
• Spread polynomials, a polynomial sequence arising in rational trigonometry
• $pread, a quarterly magazine by and for sex workers
• "Spread", a song by OutKast from their 2003 album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
• Spread Toolkit - an open source toolkit that provides a high performance messaging service
• Spreadsheet, computer application software