Intermeddling, interference: esp. in or from Scots Law, the action of intermeddling with the effects of another, the assuming of the possession…

The securing of, or limiting the possible loss on, a debt, bet, or the like: see hedge, v. 7 8.

The action of retire, v. (in various senses); an instance of this.

Mathematics. = fellowship, n. 5. Obsolete.

Stock Market. An option to sell assets at an agreed price on or before a particular date. Cf. put, v. 34, call, n. 13b. More fully put option.

An agreement to sell or purchase goods or stock at a particular price at a particular future date. Cf. future, n. 6.

Stock Market. Of a bargain, etc.: on the understanding that the goods or stocks in question will be sold or purchased at a particular future…

Finance. A right (not an obligation: cf. future, n. 6) to execute or to relinquish a commercial transaction within a specified period or at a…

Stock Market. An option (option, n. 6a) to buy assets at an agreed price on or before a particular date; = call option n. at compounds 1. Cf. put, n.1…

An option to buy or sell shares or assets at a previously agreed price on or before a particular date. Cf. put, n.1 4, call, n. 13b. Frequently attrib…

Commerce. The action of making a ‘corner’: see corner, v. 4. Also attributive.

Commerce. A speculative operation in which a combination or syndicate buy up the whole of any stock in the market, or the whole available supply of…

In extended use. Stock Market.(a) A hostile attempt by a company to buy a major or controlling interest in the shares of another company (cf. dawn…

The action of pool, v.2

colloquial. A strong financial or commercial demand or pressure, esp. a restriction in the supply of money, credit, goods, etc.; spec. in Stock…

an option to buy assets at an agreed price on or before a particular date.

The action or an act of recapitalizing something (see recapitalize, v.). Also figurative.

a situation in which the price of a stock rises to such an extent that investors who have sold short (see sense C. 11(a)) purchase the stock in…

an act of splitting up; spec. in the U.S. Stock Exchange: the division of a stock into two or more stocks of the same total value; cf. split-down n.…

a demand by a broker that an investor deposit further cash or securities to guarantee the margin (sense 5a) on an investment.

Finance (originally U.S.). A system of financial growth achieved by a small initial investment; esp. (Stock Market) (a) a series of increases in…

the act of selling stocks or shares that have risen in price, in order to realize the profit before prices fall.

Stock Market. The action or practice of reinvesting profits from stock or other investments, esp. on margin. Also: the building up by a holding…

spec. The action of agreeing to take up shares (see underwrite, v.1 4b). Frequently attributive.

the dividing up of large profits; cf. sense 5.

Stock Market (originally U.S.). The action or an instance of buying and selling the same stock, commodity, etc., often simultaneously. Cf. round trip…

Stock Market. The work of a market-maker; the practice of having trading conducted by market-makers. Frequently attributive.

Stock Market. A transaction in which a broker arranges the sale and repurchase of the same security simultaneously; spec. (on the London Stock…

A gambling game played with a six-sided (or occasionally eight-sided) spinning top; (hence) the top used in this game.

Stock Market (originally U.S.). The action or an instance of buying and selling the same stock, commodity, etc., often simultaneously. Cf. round turn…

Stock Market. = put and call, n.

Commerce (chiefly U.S.). The increase in earning potential of shares in a company which results from its making only a relatively small proportion of…

(see quot. 1976); cf. split-up n. below.

Stock Market. The purchase (or sale) of one stock, and the sale (or purchase) of another stock, at a stipulated price difference.

Stock Market. (See quots.)

A transaction in which assets are valued according to the price currently or most recently paid on the market.

= recapitalization, n.

Economics and Finance. The extension of a maturing debt or other financial relationship; an issue of new stock to replace maturing stock. Frequently…

Stock Market. A transaction made at a lower price than that of the preceding transaction for the same security. Also: a stated price that is…

the division of a stock into an increased number of shares.

an option (option, n. 6) which can itself be bought and sold.

Stock Market. Of an investment: any of various options in a spread or straddle (straddle, n. 2a).

cf. split-up n. at split-, comb._form affix.

Economics and Finance. The transfer of an investment; spec. the reinvestment of money realized on the maturing of stocks, securities, etc. Also: an…

U.S. = split-up n. at split-, comb._form affix.

A form of betting in which the bookmaker predicts a range of likely outcomes for (an aspect of) a sporting fixture or other event, and the better…

Finance. Conversion of an investment trust into a unit trust (unit trust n. (a) at unit, n. adj.compounds 2). Not in North American use.

The action of valuing assets based on the price currently or most recently paid on the market.

Finance. Any of various types of derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cash flows for another, for example by paying each…

the transacting of stock market business remotely by electronic means.