derision
Webster Dictionary
an object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock
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pewit
Webster Dictionary
the European black-headed, or laughing, gull (Xema ridibundus). See under Laughing
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stock
Webster Dictionary
used or employed for constant service or application, as if constituting a portion of a stock or supply; standard; permanent; standing; as, a stock actor; a stock play; a stock sermon
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nicagua
Webster Dictionary
the laughing falcon. See under laughing
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pump-and-dump scheme
(pump-and-dump scheme)
Princeton's WordNet
an illegal scheme for making money by manipulating stock prices; the schemer persuades other people to buy the stock and then sells it himself as soon as the price of the stock rises
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corner
Webster Dictionary
the state of things produced by a combination of persons, who buy up the whole or the available part of any stock or species of property, which compels those who need such stock or property to buy of them at their own price; as, a corner in a railway stock
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stock
Webster Dictionary
to provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply; as, to stock a warehouse, that is, to fill it with goods; to stock a farm, that is, to supply it with cattle and tools; to stock land, that is, to occupy it with a permanent growth, especially of grass
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split
Webster Dictionary
the substitution of more than one share of a corporation's stock for one share. The market price of the stock usually drops in proportion to the increase in outstanding shares of stock. The split may be in any ratio, as a two-for-one split; a three-for-two split
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triple witching hour
(ˈtrɪp əlˌteɪl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the last hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on the four Fridays each year when stock options, stock index futures, and options on such futures simultaneously expire: regarded as a time of extreme volatility in trading.
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laugh
(laugh, laughter)
Princeton's WordNet
the sound of laughing
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laughingly
(laughingly)
Princeton's WordNet
with laughter; while laughing
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laughter
(laugh, laughter)
Princeton's WordNet
the sound of laughing
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laugh
(æf, lɑf)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the act or sound of laughing; laughter.
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risible
(ˈrɪz ə bəl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
pertaining to or connected with laughing.
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riant
(ˈraɪ ənt, ˈri-;)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
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laughter
(ˈlæf tər, ˈlɑf-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the action or sound of laughing.
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extraction
Webster Dictionary
derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent; birth; the stock from which one has descended
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unstock
Webster Dictionary
to deprive of a stock; to remove the stock from; to loose from that which fixes, or holds fast
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action
Webster Dictionary
a share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds; hence, in the plural, equivalent to stocks
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laugh
(æf, lɑf)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an expression of mirth, derision, etc., by laughing.
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laughter
(ˈlæf tər, ˈlɑf-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an experiencing of the emotion expressed by laughing.
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laugher
(laugher)
Princeton's WordNet
a person who is laughing or who laughs easily
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support level
(əˈpɔr tər, -ˈpoʊr-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a minimum price below which a specific stock will not fall, usu. because of the stock's inherent worth.
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contributory
Webster Dictionary
contributing to the same stock or purpose; promoting the same end; bringing assistance to some joint design, or increase to some common stock; contributive
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stock
Webster Dictionary
domestic animals or beasts collectively, used or raised on a farm; as, a stock of cattle or of sheep, etc.; -- called also live stock
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preferred stock
(ɪˈfɜr mənt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
stock that has a superior claim to that of common stock with respect to dividends and often to assets in the event of liquidation.
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common stock
(ˈkɒm ənˌpleɪs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the ordinary stock of a corporation, yielding to preferred stock in dividends.
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convert
(ʒəˌnɛr i, -ʃə-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to exchange (a bond or preferred stock) for another security, esp. common stock.
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cackle
(cackle)
Princeton's WordNet
emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing
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laugh away
(laugh off, laugh away)
Princeton's WordNet
deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it
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