Noun

(en noun)

A disease spread by contact

The spread or transmission of such a disease

The spread of anything harmful, as if it were such a disease

(finance) A situation in which small shocks, which initially affect only a few financial institutions or a particular region of an economy, spread to the rest of financial sectors and other countries whose economies were previously healthy.

* 2011 , , Project Syndicate, Germany Must Defend the Euro :

And it was German procrastination that aggravated the Greek crisis and caused the contagion that turned it into an existential crisis for Europe.

(finance) A resulting recession or crisis developed in such manner.

Noun

(en noun)

A slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling.

(label) A slice of meat of other large animals; as venison steak, bear steak, pork steak, turtle steak.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author= Nick Miroff

, volume=189, issue=7, page=32, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] , passage=The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […]. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna.}}