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Spread may refer to:

• Statistical dispersion
• Spread (food), an edible paste put on other foods
• the score difference being wagered on in spread betting
• 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
  • Yield curve spread, on mortgage backed securities
  • Credit spread (bond), on bonds
• a term used for speed reading in American high school debate.

• The laying of Tarot cards in a certain manner

• Spread (film), a 2009 film

See also:

• Seafloor spreading, the process leading to continental drift
• Spread spectrum, communications signals over a range of frequencies
• Spread trader, holding positions in related securities, to trade the difference in price
• 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

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