单词 | to go long |
释义 | > as lemmasto go (heavily) long 16. Stock Market and Finance (originally U.S.). Of a person (esp. a broker), his or her position in the market, or the market in general: buying or based on stocks, bonds, or other assets purchased in advance (often in large quantities) with the expectation of a rise in price; esp. in to go (heavily) long: to invest (heavily) in such assets. ΚΠ 1849 Merchants' Mag. 21 118 ‘Long’ means when a man has bought stock on time, which he can call for at any day he chooses. 1870 W. W. Fowler Ten Years in Wall St. iii. 87 They who had gone long of it at a higher figure, were selling it and ascertaining their losses. 1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Sept. 6/2 Spinners..suddenly curtailed their operations. They had, in fact, like the leading operator, gone heavily ‘long’; and consequently did not need to buy except in very small quantities. 1916 Commerc. & Financial Chron. 18 Nov. 1903/1 The market had got heavily long. 1921 Munsey's Mag. June 54/2S There is told..an ancient and hoary tale of a daring plunging speculator who passed away, unfortunately while heavily long of stocks. 1997 What Investm. Mar. 62/3 So maybe there is a window of opportunity to go long on the gilt market, and to put some longevity back on the books. 2004 B. McLean & P. Elkind Smartest Guys in Room (rev. ed.) ix. 126 The Enron trading desk..always had a matched book—meaning that every short position precisely offset every long position. < as lemmas |
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