Stands for Individual Development Account, IDAs are a matched savings account available to help income-eligible participant achieve goals such as starting a business, higher education, and home ownership. IDAs are sponsored by community development, faith-based, and other non-profit organizations and generally provide financial education training as well as matched savings.

Individual Development Account. Savings accounts in which low income families deposit money that is then matched (often in a ratio greater than one to one) by a nonprofit organization or financial institution. Often depositors must save towards a financial goal such as home ownership or education.

Improvement and Development Agency

See "Individual Development Account."

(Sanskrit) Subtle nerve on the left side of the shushumna channel (Spine) It is one of two ethereal nerve canals crossing at each chakra.

A Nadi, a channel of energy starting from the left nostril, then moving to the crown of the head and then descending to the base of the spine. In its course it conveys lunar energy and so is called Chandra Nadi (channel of the lunar energy).

One of the major pranic channels in the body. Located on the left side of the body, is feminine (intuitive) in nature.

the left hand channel in each vehicle that moves energy inwards when awareness awakens. It is called the Moon Current.

See Investment Dealers Association of Canada.

Investment Dealers Association. Formed in 1916, the IDA is the national self-regulatory organization of the securities industry. It monitors and regulates the activities of investment dealers, and promotes the interests of the securities industry. The IDA is one of the founding members of the Financial Services OmbudsNetwork.

Interface for distributed automation. Industrial networking organization

Interactive Data Archive

Inferred from direct assay: Enzyme assays; In vitro reconstitution; Immunofluorescence; Cell fractionation; Physical interaction/binding assay

Allows green spots on shanks - this gene is not widely accepted and the effect of this gene may be due to the interaction of modifiers not allelic to this locus.