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YC

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Combination of prefix C and prefix modifier Y

noun

  1. US prototype cargoplane (prefix)

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Y Combinator The venture capitalist Chris Dixon told me, “They created the greatest business model of all time. For basically no money”— YC gives each company just a hundred and twenty thousand dollars, to cover expenses—“they get seven per cent of a lot of the best startups in Silicon Valley!”
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of yellow card

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"YC." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/yc. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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YC. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/yc

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"YC." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/yc.

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@misc{yc_2026,
  title = {YC},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yc},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}