transitive. To agree to buy or sell; to contract for. Obsolete except in legal phrase to bargain and sell.

To insure against risk of loss by entering into contracts which balance one another. Also transitive, to operate in (a commodity) in this way.

To emerge from a transaction, enterprise, etc., with balancing gains and losses. Originally U.S.

Finance (chiefly British). to wash its face: (of an organization, enterprise, asset, etc.) to reach a point when profits are equal to costs, or…

intransitive. Economics. To reduce or dispose of one's investment (in a place, company, etc.) Const. from, in, or absol.

intransitive. To return to investing savings in or obtaining funds from the banking system, rather than the stock market directly; (also of a bank…

intransitive. To make a bid to obtain a contract or other business. Usually with for. Cf. to pitch for —— at phrasal verbs 2.

transitive. Originally U.S. To sell off (a subsidiary company or business interest); to dispose of, cease to hold (an investment or business…