cover

Cover or covers may refer to:

Packaging, science and technology

• A covering, usually - but not necessarily - one that completely closes the object
• Cover (philately 集邮), generic term for envelope or package
• Housing (engineering), an exterior case or enclosure used to protect an interior mechanism
• Lid (container)
• Media covers
• Album cover, the front of the packaging of a commercially released audio recording product
• Book cover or magazine cover
• CD and DVD cover, CD and DVD packaging
• Cover art, images and text on media covers
• Seal (mechanical), a device that helps join systems or mechanisms together by preventing leakage
• Smartphone cover, a mobile phone accessory that protects a mobile phone
• Concrete cover, in engineering, distance between reinforcement and the outer surface of element
• Sedimentary cover, in geology, overlies a basement or crystalline basement

Other uses in music

• Cover, an understudy [候补演员] in opera
• Cover version, a new version of a previously released song
• Cover band, a musical band that performs mostly cover versions

Business

• Cover (finance), repurchasing a short order made on the stock/equity, forex [foreign exchange] or futures [期货] markets
• Cover (law), a remedy for the breach of a contract for the receipt of goods
• Cover charge, an entry fee. A cover charge is an entrance fee sometimes charged at bars, nightclubs, or restaurants. The American Heritage Dictionary defines it as a "fixed amount added to the bill at a nightclub or restaurant for entertainment or service."
• In the restaurant industry, the term "cover" refers to a diner who eats or a meal that is served. A cover differs from a table in that it represents only one of the meals served at that table. It differs from a dish in that it includes the extras that a diner orders, such as drinks, appetizers and desserts. When projecting sales, many restaurateurs find that they achieve a greater degree of accuracy by basing their calculations on expected number of covers rather than expected number of tables.
• First day cover ("FDC" also called a first day of issue), a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day of issue

Deception and concealment

• Cover (telecommunications), a communications concealment technique
• Cover, something fake used in a cover-up
• Non-official cover, the identity assumed by an operative who takes a covert role in an organization without official ties to the government
• Official cover, the identity assumed by an operative who takes a position in an organization with diplomatic ties. In espionage, an official cover operative is one who assumes a position in an organization with diplomatic ties to the government for which the operative works such as an embassy or consulate. This provides the agent with official diplomatic immunity, thus protecting them from the steep punishments normally meted out to captured spies. Upon discovery of an official cover agent's secret hostile role, the host nation often declares the agent persona non grata and orders them to leave the country.

Military

• Cover (military), anything which is capable of physically protecting an individual from enemy fire
• Cover: Uniform, a military term for any type of uniform hat, as in:
• Campaign cover or campaign hat, a broad-brimmed felt or straw hat, with a high crown, pinched symmetrically at the four corners
• Utility cover also known as the utility cap and eight-pointed cover, the United States Marine Corps cap, worn with their utility uniform

Sports

• Cover (cricket), a region of the field with respect to the batsman in cricket
• Cover 2, a class of defensive play in American football
• To cover, in sports betting a favorite to win by more than the game's point spread

Other uses

• Cover, or covers, the top layer of bedding
• Cover, to mate animals, e.g., a stallion covers a mare
• Cover, the seating capacity for one person in a restaurant
• Slipcover, protective cover that may be slipped off and on a piece of upholstered furniture
• Cover (surname)

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