transitive. To take a share in (a joint-stock undertaking); to take up (stock, shares, etc.); to underwrite (a loan).

transitive. To accept or pay (a bill of exchange); to advance money on (a mortgage or other loan); to pay off.

To dispose of (stock, shares, etc.) by sale. Also absol.

transitive. Stock Market. To accept (stocks or shares) as security for a loan; (of a seller) to receive contango (contango, n.) on (stocks or…

transitive. To subscribe for (stocks, shares, or a loan) at the original issue.

transitive. To put (resources) into a common stock or fund; to share in common, to combine for the common benefit.

transitive. To convert (a periodical income or payment) into an equivalent capital sum; to compute or realize the present value of such a payment…

transitive. Stock Market. To sell or deliver (assets) at an agreed price on or before a particular date, thus exercising a put option. Cf. put, n.1 4.

To deal out (food) to animals. Also with out, and with ellipsis of indirect object. Similarly, to supply (food) to (a person, etc.).

transitive. U.S. To cast (votes equal to the number of shares one holds in a company). Chiefly in to vote (the) stock (or shares).

Commerce. To operate against (a particular stock or commodity, or the dealers in it) by means of a corner, n.1 14; to bring under the control of…

to sell short: (a) to effect a sale of stock or goods which the seller does not at the time possess, but hopes to buy at a lower price before the…

transitive. Finance. To create or establish (a joint-stock company). Cf. promotion, n. 2b. Now chiefly historical.

transitive. To capitalize (shares, assets, etc.) again or differently; to reorganize the capital structure of (a corporation). Also intransitive.

transitive. To fund again or for a second time; (spec.) to fund the payment of (an existing debt) by taking a second or subsequent loan; to replace…

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

transitive. Finance colloquial (originally U.S.). To increase artificially the value of (the stock or capital of a company) to a level not…

transitive. Stock Market. To pay margin (margin, n. 5a) on (an account, a purchase of stock, etc.); (with up) to provide additional margin for. Also…

transitive. Stock Market. To sell off, dispose of, or get rid of (stock, shares, etc.), esp. rapidly or in large quantities. Also intransitive.

transitive. Business. To purchase (a company, or a controlling stake in a company); to buy out, make the subject of a corporate acquisition or merger.

transitive. Stock Market. To keep (stock) from decline in price. Obsolete.

To control, manage, or effect by a syndicate; esp. to publish simultaneously in a number of periodicals (see syndicate, n. 3); spec. in Horse Racing…

Stock Market, etc. To buy at very low rates so as to be able to sell at less than official rates. Also absol.

Finance. transitive. To accumulate (assets); (chiefly Stock Market) to reinvest (profits from stock or other investments), esp. on margin. Also in…

spec. To agree to take up, in a new company or new issue (a certain number of shares if not applied for by the public).

transitive. To make the subject of excessive demand for subscriptions; to apply for (tickets, copies of a book, places on a course, etc.) in greater…

(transitive) to turn into joint stock, or into a joint-stock company.

slang. Stockbroking. To subject (stock) to a ‘wash’: see wash, n. 20.

In technical use in business and finance. transitive. Originally U.S. Business (now chiefly Stock Market). To make (an option) available for…

transitive. Stock Market. To record (a transaction), noting the price at which trading takes place; to record the price paid for (a stock, etc.)…

Commerce. To divide (a stock) into two or more stocks of the same total value; also const. up. Cf. split-up n. at split-, comb._form affix. Chiefly…

transitive. Stock Market. To reconcile or maintain a balance between (the purchase and sale of stocks or shares), esp. in order to trade without any…

Commerce slang. transitive. To deal in (shares) as a stag.

transitive. Stock Market. To close (a trading position), especially in a situation where doing so requires multiple transactions.

Commerce. To sell (a commodity, stock, etc.) short (see short, adj. 11). Also absol. originally U.S.

transitive. Stock Market. To sell (shares, holdings, etc.) to a buyer or group of buyers in advance of a public sale. Cf. place, v. 6a(b).

transitive. Finance. To convert (an investment trust) into a unit trust. Also (intransitive): to become a unit trust. Cf. unitization, n. 5. Not…

bed and breakfast. spec. in financial contexts, used attributively to designate a transaction in which shares are sold late in the day and bought…

(transitive) to make dependent on such an index.

Stock Market slang. To buy (shares) as a nominee of another trader, with a view to a take-over. Cf. sense b of the verbal noun.

spec. in Commerce (transitive and intransitive) To inflate (the price of a commodity, esp. oil) artificially by means of a daisy chain (see…

Commerce. To divest (a bond) of its interest coupons so that it and they may be sold separately. Originally U.S.

transitive. To subject (a company) to greenmail. Also occasionally intransitive.

See also sense 16c. transitive. colloquial (originally U.S.). To withdraw from publication, circulation, or use; to cancel or revoke (a business…