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| Amex |
abbreviation of "American Stock Exchange." |
| ASE |
abbreviation of "American Stock Exchange." |
| aspic1 |
a gelatin, usu. of meat or fish stock, used as a garnish for fish or meat or to make a mold of various foods. |
| bait-and-switch |
a sales tactic in which a seller attracts customers by advertising at a bargain price one item that is often out of stock, and then diverts their attention by encouraging them to buy another item at a higher price. [1/2 definitions] |
| bear2 |
one who believes that prices will fall in a particular market such as the stock market, esp. one who sells on the basis of this expectation. (Cf. bull1.) [2/5 definitions] |
| bearish |
of or pertaining to a real or expected decline in the stock market or in the economy. [1/2 definitions] |
| blank |
to stamp or punch out of flat stock, esp. with a die. [1/12 definitions] |
| blood |
racial or national ancestral stock. [1/7 definitions] |
| blue-chip |
denoting common stock that commands a high price because of its record of steady earnings. [1/2 definitions] |
| blue chip |
a high-priced common stock, valued for the company's financial strength and earnings record. [1/3 definitions] |
| book value |
the value of a business, asset, share of stock, or the like, as shown in the financial accounting records. (Cf. market value.) |
| bordelaise sauce |
(sometimes cap.) a dark sauce for meat, made of stock, flour, wine, onions, and seasoning. |
| bouillon |
a thin, usu. clear broth, or the stock for making such a broth. |
| bourse |
a stock exchange of a European city, esp. of Paris, France. |
| bull1 |
one who believes that prices will rise in a particular market such as the stock market, esp. one who buys on the basis of this expectation. (Cf. bear2.) [1/9 definitions] |
| bullish |
of, concerning, or characteristic of a booming economy or stock market or a person who expects it to be so. [1/3 definitions] |
| calf's-foot jelly |
the cooled gelatinous edible stock of boiled calves' feet. |
| capital stock |
the entire amount of stock authorized for issue by a corporation. [2 definitions] |
| carry |
to have in stock. [1/16 definitions] |
| clearance sale |
a sale of retail merchandise designed to dispose of inventory, as of seasonal stock, usu. at reduced prices. |
| commedia dell'arte |
a type of Italian comedy developed in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries in which masked players depicted stereotyped characters in stock situations. |
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