| 单词 | bed and breakfast |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbed and breakfast g. bed and breakfast: extracted from bedn. (a) the provision of a bed for a night and breakfast the following morning: an arrangement offered by hotels, boarding houses, etc.; also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > entertainment with food liverancec1390 cheeringc1443 boarding1530 banqueting1535 potluck1592 refection1601 collationing1652 regality1672 suppering1675 blithemeat1681 treat1690 regalement1708 regale1753 bed and board1756 bed and breakfast1910 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > public lodging-places > [noun] > types of arrangement full board1787 bed and breakfast1910 B & B1918 self-catering1957 1910 Bradshaw's Railway Guide Apr. 1125/1 Residential Hotel... Bed and breakfast from 4/-. 1930 Morning Post 17 June 18/5 (advt.) Married couple for bed and breakfast house; Kitchen Man and House-Parlourmaid. 1936 J. L. Hodson Our Two Englands x. 174 It is true that I have seen the signs ‘Bed, breakfast and garage’—a new form which the historian should make a note of. 1967 Listener 10 Aug. 178/1 I had previously booked bed and breakfast somewhere in Bloomsbury. (b) spec. in financial contexts, used attributively to designate a transaction in which shares are sold late in the day and bought back early the next morning so as to gain a tax advantage. Hence as v. transitive, to sell and rebuy (shares) in this way; bed-and-breakfasting n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [adjective] > specific operations or arrangements short1849 marginal1870 odd lot1870 share pushing1896 new-time1897 stop-loss1901 over the counter1921 physical1946 OTC1965 index-linked1970 bed and breakfast1974 mark-to-market1981 society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > deal in stocks and shares [verb (transitive)] > specific operations subscribe1618 to take up1655 to sell out1721 to take in1721 to take up1740 pool?1780 capitalize1797 put1814 feed1818 to vote (the) stock (or shares)1819 corner1836 to sell short1852 promote1853 recapitalize1856 refund1857 float1865 water1865 margin1870 unload1870 acquire1877 maintain1881 syndicate1882 scalp1886 pyramid1888 underwrite1889 oversubscribe1891 joint-stock1894 wash1895 write1908 mark1911 split1927 marry1931 stag1935 unwind1958 short1959 preplace1966 unitize1970 bed and breakfast1974 index-link1974 warehouse1977 daisy-chain1979 strip1981 greenmail1984 pull1986 society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > specific operations or arrangements > disreputable poison pill1653 rig1826 cornering1841 wash-sale1848 washing1849 market-rigging1851 corner1853 watering1868 wreck1876 manipulation1888 wash1891 market mongering1901 matched orders1903 grey market1933 bond washing1937 warehousing1971 bed-and-breakfasting1974 dawn raid1980 1974 Observer 17 Feb. 15/4 Bed and breakfast operations..allow investors to establish a gains tax loss yet effectively remain in the same shares on which losses have accumulated... Bed and breakfasting has become more and more popular over the years. 1980 Daily Tel. 29 Mar. 24/5 Investment trust shareholders who are sitting on large gains or have some disposals in mind..are well advised to sell or ‘bed-and-breakfast’ their shares before April 5. 1982 Observer 18 Apr. 18/5 Confusion still reigns with investors over the demise of bed and breakfast operations. 1984 Daily Tel. 31 Mar. 19/4 We will do a bed and breakfast transaction, but we don't encourage it. 1986 Times 8 Mar. 27/1 The Bed & Breakfasting ploy of selling the shares late one day and buying back early the next is cheaper than a normal Stock Exchange transaction. < as lemmas |
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