transitive to part stakes (also shares): = sense 11b. Obsolete (rare after 17th cent.).

transitive. Law. To arrange (assets or securities), either in order to give effect to the priority of debts in the administration of the estates of…

To get (a company, scheme, etc.) afloat or fully started (see afloat, adv. 6); to procure public support or acceptance for.

To exert commercial or financial pressure on (someone); to restrict a supply of money, credit, goods, etc.; spec. in Stock Market usage, to force…

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 restrict the use or conversion of currency or other assets. Cf. freeze, v. 5e.

transitive. Business. To ensure, guarantee, or protect (profits, prices, rates, etc.).

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

transitive. To return (funds or investments) to the banking system, rather than dealing directly with the stock market; to reintroduce the role of…

To transfer funds of dubious or illegal origin, usually to a foreign country, and then later to recover them from what seem to be ‘clean’ (i.e…

slang. = launder, v. 1b.