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verb
- (finance) To acquire something tiny
- (intransitive) To pull the blankets or duvet up over oneself; to get in bed.
- (transitive, soccer) To score from with a casual motion
- (transitive) To pull the blankets or duvet up over (someone in bed); to put (someone) to bed.
- (transitive) To push (the fabric at the bottom of a shirt) under the pants.
- To place in a small space.
- (intransitive) To eat heartily.
- eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food
noun
- (finance) A short seller.
- (finance) A short sale or short position.
- (Internet) A short-form vertical video.
- A short film.
- A summary account.
- (US, slang) An automobile.
- (baseball) A shortstop.
- A short version of a garment in a particular size.
- (phonetics) A short phone (such as a vowel) or syllable.
- A short circuit.
- (programming) An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
- the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
adj
- (golf) Of an approach shot or putt, that falls short of the green or the hole.
- Having little duration.
- (cricket) Of a ball, bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman.
- (colloquial) Undiluted; neat.
- (finance) Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
- Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
- Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.
- Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
- (baking) Of pastries or (metallurgy) of materials, brittle, crumbly.
- (gambling) Of betting odds, offering a small return for the money wagered.
- Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
- Abrupt, brief, pointed, curt.
- Of a person, living being, or object, having a comparatively small height.
- (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
- (by extension) Doubtful of, skeptical of.
- (cricket) Of a fielder or fielding position, that is relatively close to the batsman.
- marked by rude or peremptory shortness
- not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
- primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
- of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
- of insufficient quantity to meet a need
- less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
- tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
- (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
- lacking foresight or scope
- (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
- low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal
adv
- Without achieving a goal or requirement.
- Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
- (finance) With a negative ownership position.
- (cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
- Unawares.
- so as to interrupt
- at some point or distance before a goal is reached
- quickly and without warning; happening unexpectedly; on impulse; without premeditation
- at a disadvantage
- in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
- without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
- clean across
prep
verb
- (transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).
- (intransitive, of an electrical circuit) To short circuit.
- (transitive, business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
- (transitive, informal) To provide with an amount smaller than that agreed or labeled; to shortchange.
- create a short circuit in
- cheat someone by not returning them enough money
adj
noun
noun
- the acquisition of something for payment
- something acquired by purchase
- the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
- a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage
- (uncountable, also figuratively) Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan.
- The apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained and (in nautical terminology) the ratio of such a device, like a pulley, or block and tackle.
- That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
- The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
- (climbing, uncountable) The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
- A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.
- That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
verb
- obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
- To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
- To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.
- To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
- To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
- To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; to raise or move by mechanical means.
- To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
- To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
verb
- (finance) To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.
- To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
- To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
- (transitive, slang) To steal.
- To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
- (category theory, transitive) Given morphisms f and g with the same target: To produce a morphism which the given morphism factors through (i.e. a morphism h such that f=g∘h; cf. lift n.etymology 1 18)
- (transitive) To cause to move upwards.
- (transitive, slang) To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.
- (ambitransitive) To raise or rise.
- (transitive, slang) To arrest (a person).
- (intransitive, especially Scotland) To disperse, to break up.
- (transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
- (programming) To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
- (hunting, transitive) To take (hounds) off the existing scent and move them to another spot.
- (transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
- (informal, intransitive) To lift weights; to weight-lift.
- raise in rank or condition
- take illegally
- take off or away by decreasing
- call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
- perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
- put an end to a situation
- move upwards
- rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
- remove (hair) by scalping
- move upward
- pay off (a mortgage)
- take (root crops) out of the ground
- cancel officially
- rise up
- invigorate or heighten
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- remove from a surface
- take hold of something and move it to a different location
- take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
- remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
- fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
- make audible
- make off with belongings of others
noun
- An act of lifting or raising.
- (measurement) The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
- (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
- (shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
- The amount or weight to be lifted.
- A rise; a degree of elevation.
- (historical slang) A thief.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, puristic elsewhere) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.
- (engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
- (figurative) An improvement in mood.
- (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Air.
- The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
- (nautical) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
- An upward force; especially, the force (generated by wings, rotary wings, or airfoils) that keeps aircraft aloft.
- (category theory) A morphism which some given morphism factors through; i.e. given a pair of morphisms f:X→Y and g:Z→Y, a morphism h such that f=g∘h. (In this case h is said to be a lift of f via Z or via g).
- Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
- (horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
- (broadcasting) A shorter extract from a commercial/advertisement, able to be used on its own.
- (dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
- A liftgate.
- The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
- the act of giving temporary assistance
- a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
- transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
- the act of raising something
- one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
- the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
- a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
- the event of something being raised upward
- a ride in a car
- plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
- lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
- a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
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noun
- (by implication) A relatively small amount of available money.
- The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or timeframe.
- An itemized summary of intended expenditure; usually coupled with expected revenue.
- a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose
- a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them
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verb
noun
- (finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.
- (law) Bailment of personal property to be kept gratuitously for the bailor (depositor) and without any benefit to the bailee (depositary), e.g. for storage, carriage, repair, etc.
- (geology) Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
- A place of deposit; a depository.
- (banking) Money placed in a bank account, as for safekeeping or to earn interest.
- A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit
- Anything left behind on a surface.
- a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later
- a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
- a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met
- the natural process of laying down a deposit of something
- the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating
- money deposited in a bank or some similar institution
- money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use
- matter that has been deposited by some natural process
- the act of putting something somewhere
verb
- (transitive) To put money or funds into an account.
- To lay aside; to rid oneself of.
- To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.
- To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.
- (transitive) To lay down; to place; to put.
- put into a bank account
- put, fix, force, or implant
- put (something somewhere) firmly
noun
- (finance) Initialism of personal contract purchase.
- (medicine) Abbreviation of pneumocystis pneumonia.
- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of pentachlorophenol.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of peptidyl carrier protein.
- (healthcare) Initialism of primary care practitioner (who may be a physician, a physician assistant, or a nurse practitioner).
- (chemistry) Abbreviation of phenylcyclohexylpiperidine, an alternative name for phencyclidine.
- (psychology) Initialism of personal construct psychology.
- (mathematics) Initialism of probabilistically checkable proof.
- (healthcare) Initialism of primary care physician.
- a drug used as an anesthetic by veterinarians; illicitly taken (originally in the form of powder or ‘dust’) for its effects as a hallucinogen
- a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability
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- (finance) To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.
- (engineering, transitive) To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
- (engineering, intransitive) To be in gear, come into gear.
- (usually with to or toward(s)) To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).
- To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
- set the level or character of
adj
noun
- (aviation) Ellipsis of landing gear.
- (uncountable) Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
- (countable) A wheel, wheel segment, or bar with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other.
- (countable, automotive, cycling) A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter.
- (uncountable, slang) Recreational drugs, including steroids.
- Clothing; garments.
- (countable, automotive) A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque.
- equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
- wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
- a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
- a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
verb
- (finance) To reduce one's debt by selling off assets, especially those that were acquired with borrowed money.
- (accounting) To calculate the net value of assets after removing both debt and the projected cost of interest on borrowed capital.
- To remove one's gear (special equipment).
- To remove or disable the gears (transmission or interlocking gears).
verb
- (finance, intransitive) To buy a financial product, such as a share, so as to profit from a rise in its value; compare go short.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, long.
- (sports) To run far from the person throwing a ball in order to receive a long pass; (especially American football, Canadian football) to run down the field away from the quarterback to receive a long or Hail Mary pass.
verb
- obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
- be worth or be capable of buying
- acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange
- accept as true
- make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
- (transitive, ditransitive) To obtain, especially by some sacrifice.
- (transitive) To bribe.
- (transitive, informal) to accept as true; to believe
- (intransitive) To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a drink, meal or gift)
- (transitive, ditransitive) To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.
- (poker slang, transitive) To make a bluff, usually a large one.
- (transitive) To be equivalent to in value.
noun
noun
- (finance) An investment vehicle that issues short-term commercial paper to finance long-term off–balance sheet bank assets.
- A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc.
- (figurative) A means by which something is transmitted.
- (cellular automata) Any pattern, typically composed of still lifes or oscillators, used to transfer an active region to another location without being destroyed or permanently modified in the process.
- A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled: electrical conduit.
- a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass
noun
- (finance) Initialism of average transaction price.
- (aviation) Initialism of airline transport pilot.
- (rail transport) Initialism of automatic train protection.
- (law, project management) Initialism of authorization to proceed.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of adenosine triphosphate.
- a nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue; the major source of energy for cellular reactions
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noun
- (finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.
- (UK, education, historical, uncountable) The practice of taking two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce the length of study.
- The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
- (accounting) The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
- (law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
- The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
- A mass of something piled up or collected.
- (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation
- the act of accumulating
- an increase by natural growth or addition
- several things grouped together or considered as a whole
noun
- the property of being a relatively small amount
- the property of having relatively little strength or vigor
- lack of generosity in trifling matters
- The quality of being minor in influence, power, or rank.
- the property of having a relatively small size
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being small.
- (countable) The result or product of being small.
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- (business, finance) An unexpectedly profitable or large deal that comes to a salesperson with minimal effort.
- Any of various African starlings of the genus Lamprotornis, family Sturnidae, having predominantly glossy blue plumage.
- Any of various North American birds of the genus Sialia in the thrush family. Their plumage is blue or blue and red.
- fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies
- blue North American songbird
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adj
noun
- (Philippines, law) A public prosecutor (UK) or a district attorney (US).
- Any of various African shrikes of the genus Lanius.
- (Scots law) Procurator fiscal, a public prosecutor.
- (law) In certain countries, including Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and former colonies of these countries and certain British colonies, solicitor or attorney general.
- A public official in certain countries having control of public revenue.
verb
- (finance) On an open outcry exchange trading floor, to buy and sell rapidly for one's own account, aiming to buy from a seller and a little later sell to a buyer, making a small profit from the difference (roughly the amount of the bid/offer spread, or less).
- To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.
- (Canada, US, slang) To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally.
- (milling) To brush the hairs or fuzz from (wheat grains, etc.) in the process of high milling.
- (transitive) To remove the grass from.
- To screen or sieve ore before further processing.
- (gambling) To bet on opposing competitors so as to make a profit from the bookmaker.
- (surgery) To remove the skin of.
- (transitive) To destroy the political influence of.
- remove the scalp of
- sell illegally, as on the black market
noun
- (historical) A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, formerly cut or torn off from an enemy by warriors in some cultures as a token of victory.
- (figurative) The top; the summit.
- (heraldry) The skin of the head of a stag, to which the horns are attached.
- (figuratively) A victory, especially at the expense of someone else.
- (Scotland) A bed or stratum of shellfish.
- (now dialectal) The top of the head; the skull.
- The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.
- the skin that covers the top of the head
noun
adv
noun
- (finance) Initialism of earnings per share.
- Initialism of extrapyramidal symptoms.
- (manufacturing) Initialism of expanded polystyrene (“plastic foam”).
- (microbiology) Initialism of extracellular polymeric substance high-molecular weight compounds secreted by microorganisms.
- (marketing) Initialism of extended problem-solving.
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- (finance) Initialism of purchase and sale agreement.
- (medicine, immunology) Initialism of prostate-specific antigen.
- Initialism of polysialic acid.
- Initialism of public safety announcement.
- Initialism of pressure swing adsorption.
- Initialism of pressure-sensitive adhesive.
- Initialism of public service announcement.
- a protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; PSA is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely; elevated levels of PSA in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer
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noun
- A light, spongy teacake, usually based on almond flour or flavoring.
- A person who, as a profession, profits from large financial transactions.
- A company that does the same.
- One charged with the administration of finance; an officer who administers the public revenue; a treasurer.
- A traditional French (Ragoût à la Financière) or Piemontese (Finanziera alla piemontese) rich sauce or ragout, made with coxcomb, wattles, cock's testicles, chicken livers and a variety of other ingredients.
- a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
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- (finance) The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time.
- (computing) The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.
- (golf) The distance travelled by the ball when struck, until it hits the ground.
- (finance) Carried interest.
- (UK, dialect) The sky; cloud-drift.
- A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
- A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
- the act of carrying something
verb
- To contain; to comprise; have a particular aspect; to show or exhibit
- (transitive) To stock or supply (something); to have in store.
- To succeed in (e.g. a contest); to succeed in; to win.
- To hold the head; said of a horse.
- (transitive) To notionally transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
- (reflexive) To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
- (transitive) To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
- (transitive) To adopt (something); take (something) over.
- (slang, transitive) To insult, to diss.
- (transitive) To have on one’s person.
- (Southern US) To physically transport (in the general sense, not necessarily by lifting)
- (intransitive) To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.
- (Canada, US) To bear a firearm, such as a gun.
- (transitive) To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly
- (transitive) To have, hold, possess or maintain (something).
- (gaming, sports) (transitive or, rarely, intransitive) To be disproportionately responsible for a team's success or for counteracting teammates' underperformance.
- (transitive, nautical) To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
- (transitive, sports) To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
- To bear or uphold successfully, especially through conflict, for example a leader or principle
- To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
- (transitive) To lead or guide.
- To have propulsive power; to propel.
- (hunting) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
- To be pregnant (with).
- (intransitive) To be transmitted; to travel.
- (intransitive, cricket) For the ball, having been hit in the air, to reach a fielder without touching the ground (whether or not the fielder catches it).
- (transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
- (transitive, arithmetic) In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.
- pursue a line of scent or be a bearer
- include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- include, as on a list
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have or possess something abstract
- sing or play against other voices or parts
- contain or hold; have within
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- be able to feed
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)
- be pregnant with
- win approval or support for
- propel or give impetus to
- transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication
- have on the surface or on the skin
- transfer (entries) from one account book to another
- extend to a certain degree
- pass on a communication
- cover a certain distance or advance beyond
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- serve as a means for expressing something
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- be successful in
- have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence
- be conveyed over a certain distance
- move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
- compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance
- capture after a fight
- be necessarily associated with or result in or involve
- keep up with financial support
- win in an election
- be equipped with (a mast or sail)
- propel
- take further or advance
- have on hand
- continue or extend
- bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of
- have a certain range
- bear (a crop)
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- (business) Initialism of American pale ale.
- (law) Initialism of Administrative Procedure Act.
- (business) Initialism of American Plywood Association.
- (historical) Initialism of American Protective Association: an anti-Catholic secret society established in 1887 by American Protestants.
- (psychology) Initialism of American Psychological Association.
- (healthcare) Initialism of American Psychiatric Association.
- (phonetics) Initialism of Americanist Phonetic Alphabet.
noun
- (finance) A relatively brief period when a new loan has a low introductory interest rate that features prominently in advertising.
- The length of time at the start of something new, particularly a new job, in which mistakes may be overlooked.
- A relatively brief period when a new leader is given greater leeway with respect to changes they wish to make.
- The early part of an intimate relationship, during which the couple are infatuated with each other.
adj
- (finance, of a market) Having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy.
- (physical chemistry) Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.
- (finance, of an asset) Easily sold or disposed of without losing value.
- Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.
- Fluid and transparent.
- (phonology) Belonging to a class of consonants comprising the laterals and the rhotics, which in many languages behave similarly.
- smooth and unconstrained in movement
- in cash or easily convertible to cash
- clear and bright
- changed from a solid to a liquid state
- smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness
- filled or brimming with tears
- existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow
noun
- (phonetics) Any of a class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.
- (physical chemistry) A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.
- the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
- a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure
- fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
- a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially ‘l’ and ‘r’)
noun
- (finance) Any property or object of value that one possesses, usually considered as applicable to the payment of one's debts.
- (slang, vulgar, usually in the plural) Private parts; a woman's breasts or buttocks, or a man's genitalia.
- Any goods or property properly available for the payment of a bankrupt's or a deceased person's obligations or debts.
- (accounting) The left side of a balance sheet.
- (law) Sufficient estate; property sufficient in the hands of an executor or heir to pay the debts or legacies of the testator or ancestor to satisfy claims against it.
- plural of asset
- anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company
noun
- (finance) A financial product (typically an investment).
- (banking, finance) A borrower (such as a mortgage-holder or person with a credit card).
- (uncountable) The probability of a negative outcome to a decision or event.
- (countable) A thing (from the perspective of how likely or unlikely it is to cause an adverse effect).
- (insurance) A type of adverse event covered under an insurance policy.
- (uncountable) The magnitude of possible loss consequent to a decision or event.
- (insurance) An entity insured by an insurer.
- (uncountable, economics, business and engineering) The potential negative effect of an event, determined by multiplying the likelihood of the event occurring with its magnitude should it occur.
- (countable) A possible adverse event or outcome.
- a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
- the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent
- a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
- the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred
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noun
- (finance) A short seller.
- (finance) A short sale or short position.
- (Internet) A short-form vertical video.
- A short film.
- A summary account.
- (US, slang) An automobile.
- (baseball) A shortstop.
- A short version of a garment in a particular size.
- (phonetics) A short phone (such as a vowel) or syllable.
- A short circuit.
- (programming) An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
- the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
adj
- (golf) Of an approach shot or putt, that falls short of the green or the hole.
- Having little duration.
- (cricket) Of a ball, bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman.
- (colloquial) Undiluted; neat.
- (finance) Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
- Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
- Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.
- Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
- (baking) Of pastries or (metallurgy) of materials, brittle, crumbly.
- (gambling) Of betting odds, offering a small return for the money wagered.
- Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
- Abrupt, brief, pointed, curt.
- Of a person, living being, or object, having a comparatively small height.
- (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
- (by extension) Doubtful of, skeptical of.
- (cricket) Of a fielder or fielding position, that is relatively close to the batsman.
- marked by rude or peremptory shortness
- not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
- primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
- of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
- of insufficient quantity to meet a need
- less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
- tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
- (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
- lacking foresight or scope
- (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
- low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal
adv
- Without achieving a goal or requirement.
- Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
- (finance) With a negative ownership position.
- (cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
- Unawares.
- so as to interrupt
- at some point or distance before a goal is reached
- quickly and without warning; happening unexpectedly; on impulse; without premeditation
- at a disadvantage
- in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
- without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
- clean across
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verb
- (transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).
- (intransitive, of an electrical circuit) To short circuit.
- (transitive, business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
- (transitive, informal) To provide with an amount smaller than that agreed or labeled; to shortchange.
- create a short circuit in
- cheat someone by not returning them enough money
noun
- the acquisition of something for payment
- something acquired by purchase
- the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
- a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage
- (uncountable, also figuratively) Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan.
- The apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained and (in nautical terminology) the ratio of such a device, like a pulley, or block and tackle.
- That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
- The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
- (climbing, uncountable) The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
- A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.
- That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
verb
- obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
- To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
- To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.
- To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
- To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
- To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; to raise or move by mechanical means.
- To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
- To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
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noun
- (by implication) A relatively small amount of available money.
- The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or timeframe.
- An itemized summary of intended expenditure; usually coupled with expected revenue.
- a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose
- a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them
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noun
- (finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.
- (law) Bailment of personal property to be kept gratuitously for the bailor (depositor) and without any benefit to the bailee (depositary), e.g. for storage, carriage, repair, etc.
- (geology) Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
- A place of deposit; a depository.
- (banking) Money placed in a bank account, as for safekeeping or to earn interest.
- A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit
- Anything left behind on a surface.
- a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later
- a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
- a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met
- the natural process of laying down a deposit of something
- the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating
- money deposited in a bank or some similar institution
- money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use
- matter that has been deposited by some natural process
- the act of putting something somewhere
verb
- (transitive) To put money or funds into an account.
- To lay aside; to rid oneself of.
- To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.
- To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.
- (transitive) To lay down; to place; to put.
- put into a bank account
- put, fix, force, or implant
- put (something somewhere) firmly
noun
- (finance) Initialism of personal contract purchase.
- (medicine) Abbreviation of pneumocystis pneumonia.
- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of pentachlorophenol.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of peptidyl carrier protein.
- (healthcare) Initialism of primary care practitioner (who may be a physician, a physician assistant, or a nurse practitioner).
- (chemistry) Abbreviation of phenylcyclohexylpiperidine, an alternative name for phencyclidine.
- (psychology) Initialism of personal construct psychology.
- (mathematics) Initialism of probabilistically checkable proof.
- (healthcare) Initialism of primary care physician.
- a drug used as an anesthetic by veterinarians; illicitly taken (originally in the form of powder or ‘dust’) for its effects as a hallucinogen
- a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability
name
noun
- (finance) An investment vehicle that issues short-term commercial paper to finance long-term off–balance sheet bank assets.
- A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc.
- (figurative) A means by which something is transmitted.
- (cellular automata) Any pattern, typically composed of still lifes or oscillators, used to transfer an active region to another location without being destroyed or permanently modified in the process.
- A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled: electrical conduit.
- a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass
noun
- (finance) Initialism of average transaction price.
- (aviation) Initialism of airline transport pilot.
- (rail transport) Initialism of automatic train protection.
- (law, project management) Initialism of authorization to proceed.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of adenosine triphosphate.
- a nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue; the major source of energy for cellular reactions
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noun
- (finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.
- (UK, education, historical, uncountable) The practice of taking two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce the length of study.
- The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
- (accounting) The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
- (law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
- The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
- A mass of something piled up or collected.
- (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation
- the act of accumulating
- an increase by natural growth or addition
- several things grouped together or considered as a whole
noun
- the property of being a relatively small amount
- the property of having relatively little strength or vigor
- lack of generosity in trifling matters
- The quality of being minor in influence, power, or rank.
- the property of having a relatively small size
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being small.
- (countable) The result or product of being small.
noun
name
noun
- (business, finance) An unexpectedly profitable or large deal that comes to a salesperson with minimal effort.
- Any of various African starlings of the genus Lamprotornis, family Sturnidae, having predominantly glossy blue plumage.
- Any of various North American birds of the genus Sialia in the thrush family. Their plumage is blue or blue and red.
- fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies
- blue North American songbird
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noun
adv
noun
- (finance) Initialism of earnings per share.
- Initialism of extrapyramidal symptoms.
- (manufacturing) Initialism of expanded polystyrene (“plastic foam”).
- (microbiology) Initialism of extracellular polymeric substance high-molecular weight compounds secreted by microorganisms.
- (marketing) Initialism of extended problem-solving.
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noun
- (finance) Initialism of purchase and sale agreement.
- (medicine, immunology) Initialism of prostate-specific antigen.
- Initialism of polysialic acid.
- Initialism of public safety announcement.
- Initialism of pressure swing adsorption.
- Initialism of pressure-sensitive adhesive.
- Initialism of public service announcement.
- a protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; PSA is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely; elevated levels of PSA in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer
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- (finance) The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time.
- (computing) The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.
- (golf) The distance travelled by the ball when struck, until it hits the ground.
- (finance) Carried interest.
- (UK, dialect) The sky; cloud-drift.
- A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
- A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
- the act of carrying something
verb
- To contain; to comprise; have a particular aspect; to show or exhibit
- (transitive) To stock or supply (something); to have in store.
- To succeed in (e.g. a contest); to succeed in; to win.
- To hold the head; said of a horse.
- (transitive) To notionally transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
- (reflexive) To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
- (transitive) To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
- (transitive) To adopt (something); take (something) over.
- (slang, transitive) To insult, to diss.
- (transitive) To have on one’s person.
- (Southern US) To physically transport (in the general sense, not necessarily by lifting)
- (intransitive) To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.
- (Canada, US) To bear a firearm, such as a gun.
- (transitive) To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly
- (transitive) To have, hold, possess or maintain (something).
- (gaming, sports) (transitive or, rarely, intransitive) To be disproportionately responsible for a team's success or for counteracting teammates' underperformance.
- (transitive, nautical) To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
- (transitive, sports) To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
- To bear or uphold successfully, especially through conflict, for example a leader or principle
- To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
- (transitive) To lead or guide.
- To have propulsive power; to propel.
- (hunting) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
- To be pregnant (with).
- (intransitive) To be transmitted; to travel.
- (intransitive, cricket) For the ball, having been hit in the air, to reach a fielder without touching the ground (whether or not the fielder catches it).
- (transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
- (transitive, arithmetic) In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.
- pursue a line of scent or be a bearer
- include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- include, as on a list
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have or possess something abstract
- sing or play against other voices or parts
- contain or hold; have within
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- be able to feed
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)
- be pregnant with
- win approval or support for
- propel or give impetus to
- transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication
- have on the surface or on the skin
- transfer (entries) from one account book to another
- extend to a certain degree
- pass on a communication
- cover a certain distance or advance beyond
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- serve as a means for expressing something
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- be successful in
- have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence
- be conveyed over a certain distance
- move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
- compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance
- capture after a fight
- be necessarily associated with or result in or involve
- keep up with financial support
- win in an election
- be equipped with (a mast or sail)
- propel
- take further or advance
- have on hand
- continue or extend
- bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of
- have a certain range
- bear (a crop)
noun
name
- (business) Initialism of American pale ale.
- (law) Initialism of Administrative Procedure Act.
- (business) Initialism of American Plywood Association.
- (historical) Initialism of American Protective Association: an anti-Catholic secret society established in 1887 by American Protestants.
- (psychology) Initialism of American Psychological Association.
- (healthcare) Initialism of American Psychiatric Association.
- (phonetics) Initialism of Americanist Phonetic Alphabet.
noun
- (finance) A relatively brief period when a new loan has a low introductory interest rate that features prominently in advertising.
- The length of time at the start of something new, particularly a new job, in which mistakes may be overlooked.
- A relatively brief period when a new leader is given greater leeway with respect to changes they wish to make.
- The early part of an intimate relationship, during which the couple are infatuated with each other.
noun
- (finance) Any property or object of value that one possesses, usually considered as applicable to the payment of one's debts.
- (slang, vulgar, usually in the plural) Private parts; a woman's breasts or buttocks, or a man's genitalia.
- Any goods or property properly available for the payment of a bankrupt's or a deceased person's obligations or debts.
- (accounting) The left side of a balance sheet.
- (law) Sufficient estate; property sufficient in the hands of an executor or heir to pay the debts or legacies of the testator or ancestor to satisfy claims against it.
- plural of asset
- anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company
noun
- (finance) A financial product (typically an investment).
- (banking, finance) A borrower (such as a mortgage-holder or person with a credit card).
- (uncountable) The probability of a negative outcome to a decision or event.
- (countable) A thing (from the perspective of how likely or unlikely it is to cause an adverse effect).
- (insurance) A type of adverse event covered under an insurance policy.
- (uncountable) The magnitude of possible loss consequent to a decision or event.
- (insurance) An entity insured by an insurer.
- (uncountable, economics, business and engineering) The potential negative effect of an event, determined by multiplying the likelihood of the event occurring with its magnitude should it occur.
- (countable) A possible adverse event or outcome.
- a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
- the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent
- a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
- the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred
verb
verb
- (finance) To acquire something tiny
- (intransitive) To pull the blankets or duvet up over oneself; to get in bed.
- (transitive, soccer) To score from with a casual motion
- (transitive) To pull the blankets or duvet up over (someone in bed); to put (someone) to bed.
- (transitive) To push (the fabric at the bottom of a shirt) under the pants.
- To place in a small space.
- (intransitive) To eat heartily.
- eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food
verb
- (finance) To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.
- To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
- To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
- (transitive, slang) To steal.
- To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
- (category theory, transitive) Given morphisms f and g with the same target: To produce a morphism which the given morphism factors through (i.e. a morphism h such that f=g∘h; cf. lift n.etymology 1 18)
- (transitive) To cause to move upwards.
- (transitive, slang) To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.
- (ambitransitive) To raise or rise.
- (transitive, slang) To arrest (a person).
- (intransitive, especially Scotland) To disperse, to break up.
- (transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
- (programming) To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
- (hunting, transitive) To take (hounds) off the existing scent and move them to another spot.
- (transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
- (informal, intransitive) To lift weights; to weight-lift.
- raise in rank or condition
- take illegally
- take off or away by decreasing
- call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
- perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
- put an end to a situation
- move upwards
- rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
- remove (hair) by scalping
- move upward
- pay off (a mortgage)
- take (root crops) out of the ground
- cancel officially
- rise up
- invigorate or heighten
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- remove from a surface
- take hold of something and move it to a different location
- take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
- remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
- fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
- make audible
- make off with belongings of others
noun
- An act of lifting or raising.
- (measurement) The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
- (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
- (shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
- The amount or weight to be lifted.
- A rise; a degree of elevation.
- (historical slang) A thief.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, puristic elsewhere) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.
- (engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
- (figurative) An improvement in mood.
- (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Air.
- The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
- (nautical) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
- An upward force; especially, the force (generated by wings, rotary wings, or airfoils) that keeps aircraft aloft.
- (category theory) A morphism which some given morphism factors through; i.e. given a pair of morphisms f:X→Y and g:Z→Y, a morphism h such that f=g∘h. (In this case h is said to be a lift of f via Z or via g).
- Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
- (horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
- (broadcasting) A shorter extract from a commercial/advertisement, able to be used on its own.
- (dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
- A liftgate.
- The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
- the act of giving temporary assistance
- a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
- transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
- the act of raising something
- one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
- the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
- a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
- the event of something being raised upward
- a ride in a car
- plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
- lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
- a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
verb
- (finance) To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.
- (engineering, transitive) To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
- (engineering, intransitive) To be in gear, come into gear.
- (usually with to or toward(s)) To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).
- To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
- set the level or character of
adj
noun
- (aviation) Ellipsis of landing gear.
- (uncountable) Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
- (countable) A wheel, wheel segment, or bar with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other.
- (countable, automotive, cycling) A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter.
- (uncountable, slang) Recreational drugs, including steroids.
- Clothing; garments.
- (countable, automotive) A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque.
- equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
- wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
- a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
- a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
verb
- (finance) To reduce one's debt by selling off assets, especially those that were acquired with borrowed money.
- (accounting) To calculate the net value of assets after removing both debt and the projected cost of interest on borrowed capital.
- To remove one's gear (special equipment).
- To remove or disable the gears (transmission or interlocking gears).
verb
- (finance, intransitive) To buy a financial product, such as a share, so as to profit from a rise in its value; compare go short.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, long.
- (sports) To run far from the person throwing a ball in order to receive a long pass; (especially American football, Canadian football) to run down the field away from the quarterback to receive a long or Hail Mary pass.
noun
- the acquisition of something for payment
- something acquired by purchase
- the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
- a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage
- (uncountable, also figuratively) Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan.
- The apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained and (in nautical terminology) the ratio of such a device, like a pulley, or block and tackle.
- That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
- The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
- (climbing, uncountable) The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
- A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.
- That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
verb
- obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
- To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
- To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.
- To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
- To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
- To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; to raise or move by mechanical means.
- To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
- To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
verb
- obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
- be worth or be capable of buying
- acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange
- accept as true
- make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
- (transitive, ditransitive) To obtain, especially by some sacrifice.
- (transitive) To bribe.
- (transitive, informal) to accept as true; to believe
- (intransitive) To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a drink, meal or gift)
- (transitive, ditransitive) To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.
- (poker slang, transitive) To make a bluff, usually a large one.
- (transitive) To be equivalent to in value.
noun
verb
- (finance) On an open outcry exchange trading floor, to buy and sell rapidly for one's own account, aiming to buy from a seller and a little later sell to a buyer, making a small profit from the difference (roughly the amount of the bid/offer spread, or less).
- To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.
- (Canada, US, slang) To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally.
- (milling) To brush the hairs or fuzz from (wheat grains, etc.) in the process of high milling.
- (transitive) To remove the grass from.
- To screen or sieve ore before further processing.
- (gambling) To bet on opposing competitors so as to make a profit from the bookmaker.
- (surgery) To remove the skin of.
- (transitive) To destroy the political influence of.
- remove the scalp of
- sell illegally, as on the black market
noun
- (historical) A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, formerly cut or torn off from an enemy by warriors in some cultures as a token of victory.
- (figurative) The top; the summit.
- (heraldry) The skin of the head of a stag, to which the horns are attached.
- (figuratively) A victory, especially at the expense of someone else.
- (Scotland) A bed or stratum of shellfish.
- (now dialectal) The top of the head; the skull.
- The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.
- the skin that covers the top of the head
verb
noun
- A light, spongy teacake, usually based on almond flour or flavoring.
- A person who, as a profession, profits from large financial transactions.
- A company that does the same.
- One charged with the administration of finance; an officer who administers the public revenue; a treasurer.
- A traditional French (Ragoût à la Financière) or Piemontese (Finanziera alla piemontese) rich sauce or ragout, made with coxcomb, wattles, cock's testicles, chicken livers and a variety of other ingredients.
- a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
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adj
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- (Philippines, law) A public prosecutor (UK) or a district attorney (US).
- Any of various African shrikes of the genus Lanius.
- (Scots law) Procurator fiscal, a public prosecutor.
- (law) In certain countries, including Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and former colonies of these countries and certain British colonies, solicitor or attorney general.
- A public official in certain countries having control of public revenue.
adj
- (finance, of a market) Having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy.
- (physical chemistry) Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.
- (finance, of an asset) Easily sold or disposed of without losing value.
- Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.
- Fluid and transparent.
- (phonology) Belonging to a class of consonants comprising the laterals and the rhotics, which in many languages behave similarly.
- smooth and unconstrained in movement
- in cash or easily convertible to cash
- clear and bright
- changed from a solid to a liquid state
- smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness
- filled or brimming with tears
- existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow
noun
- (phonetics) Any of a class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.
- (physical chemistry) A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.
- the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
- a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure
- fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
- a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially ‘l’ and ‘r’)