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
|
branding iron
(iron, branding iron)
Princeton's WordNet
implement used to brand live stock
|
iron
(iron, branding iron)
Princeton's WordNet
implement used to brand live stock
|
stockman
Webster Dictionary
a herdsman; a ranchman; one owning, or having charge of, herds of live stock
|
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
|
native
Webster Dictionary
any of the live stock found in a region, as distinguished from such as belong to pure and distinct imported breeds
|
agriculture
Webster Dictionary
the art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage; husbandry; farming
|
scrub
Webster Dictionary
one of the common live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
pass
(æs, pɑs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to live or be known as a member of a racial or ethnic group other than one's own, esp. to live and be known as a white person though having some black ancestry.
|
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
|
live
Webster Dictionary
being in a state of ignition; burning; having active properties; as, a live coal; live embers
|
together
Webster Dictionary
in company or association with respect to place or time; as, to live together in one house; to live together in the same age; they walked together to the town
|
survive
Webster Dictionary
to live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than; to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event
|
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.
|
unstock
Webster Dictionary
to deprive of a stock; to remove the stock from; to loose from that which fixes, or holds fast
|
extraction
Webster Dictionary
derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent; birth; the stock from which one has descended
|
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
|
domesticate
(əˈmɛs tɪk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to tame (an animal), esp. by generations of breeding, to live in close association with human beings as a pet or work animal or for food, usu. compromising its ability to live in the wild.
|
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.
|
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
|
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.
|
convert
(ʒəˌnɛr i, -ʃə-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to exchange (a bond or preferred stock) for another security, esp. common stock.
|
common stock
(ˈkɒm ənˌpleɪs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the ordinary stock of a corporation, yielding to preferred stock in dividends.
|
put
(put option, put)
Princeton's WordNet
the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
|
put option
(put option, put)
Princeton's WordNet
the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
|
correction
(correction)
Princeton's WordNet
a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases
|
curb market
(curb market)
Princeton's WordNet
a stock market for trading in securities not listed on the New York Stock Exchange
|
| Search from any page on the Web with Abbreviations.com AutoSearch. It's free! |
