Definition of a spec

spec    

noun

• "specification".

  Have we received the spec from the client yet?

  • See more words with the same meaning: business (related to).

  Last edited on May 02 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'spec':
spec out	Definitions include: to write a spec (specification.)
specs	Definitions include: eyeglasses.

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