Amex |
abbreviation of "American Stock Exchange." |
ASE |
abbreviation of "American Stock Exchange." |
au pair |
(French) a girl or woman who works for a family, usu. in a foreign country, in exchange for room and board. [1/2 definitions] |
bandy |
to exchange or pass back and forth between two or more people, often competitively. [1/4 definitions] |
bargain |
an agreement that contains the terms of a transaction or exchange. [5/3 definitions] |
barter |
to trade or exchange without the use of money. [1/3 definitions] |
basis point |
a unit equal to one hundredth of one percent, used in economics and finance to measure exchange rates, interest rates, and the like. |
book club |
a commercial enterprise that sells or lends books to subscribers, usu. at a discount in exchange for a specified minimum purchase. |
bourse |
a stock exchange of a European city, esp. of Paris, France. |
buy |
to obtain in exchange for money; purchase. [2/7 definitions] |
buyer |
one who obtains something in exchange for money. |
buy off |
to give money in exchange for cooperation, silence, or noninterference; bribe. |
cartel |
a written agreement between warring governments, esp. for an exchange of prisoners. [1/2 definitions] |
cash |
to exchange for money in the form of bills and coins. [1/2 definitions] |
cash discount |
a discount on merchandise given in exchange for payment within a stipulated period, or the amount or percentage of the discount. |
chaffer |
haggling or bargaining over an exchange. [1/4 definitions] |
change |
money in smaller bills or coins in exchange for a larger bill or coin. [1/7 definitions] |
chat |
to exchange written messages instantly with one or more people by typing on a computer or phone, usually using the internet. [3/7 definitions] |
closed-end investment company |
an investment company that issues a fixed number of shares in large blocks, at infrequent intervals, which are traded on an exchange. |
commerce |
the exchange of goods or services for money; business transactions. [1/2 definitions] |
commercial paper |
any of various negotiable papers, such as bills of exchange, used in business transactions. |