(a) a pill containing poison, esp. one taken in order to commit suicide; also figurative; (b) Business (originally U.S.), any of a number of ploys…
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释义 | society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > specific operations or arrangements > disreputable (18) poison pill1653 (a) a pill containing poison, esp. one taken in order to commit suicide; also figurative; (b) Business (originally U.S.), any of a number of ploys… rig1826 Stock Market. An attempt to manipulate prices by cornering the market in a publicly listed stock. Cf. corner, n.1 14a. cornering1841 Commerce. The action of making a ‘corner’: see corner, v. 4. Also attributive. wash-sale1848 see quot. 1891 (cf. sense 20); cf. washed, adj. 1f. washing1849 Stockbroking. (In sense 20b of wash, v.) market-rigging1851 (see rigging, n.3). corner1853 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… watering1868 Originally and chiefly U.S. The action of increasing the value of a company's stocks, shares, etc., above the level justified by its assets, in… wreck1876 Stock Market. (See first quot.) manipulation1888 The action or an act of managing or directing a person, etc., esp. in a skilful manner; the exercise of subtle, underhand, or devious influence or… wash1891 slang. Stock Market. A fictitious sale of securities by a broker who has a commission from an intending buyer and also from an intending seller… market mongering1901 trading on the stock market which is considered disreputable or dishonest. matched orders1903 systems of manipulation on the Stock Exchange involving artificial treatment of orders to buy and sell shares, etc. grey market1933 Trading in a security prior to its official quotation on the Stock Exchange; a market for this. bond washing1937 (see quots.) warehousing1971 Stock Market slang. (See quot. 1974.) Cf. warehouse, v. e. bed-and-breakfasting1974 bed and breakfast. spec. in financial contexts, used attributively to designate a transaction in which shares are sold late in the day and bought… dawn raid1980 a swift operation effected early in trading whereby a stockbroker obtains for his client a markedly increased shareholding in a company (frequently… |
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