Sloping
21backward-sloping supply curve for labour — The preference for increased leisure over increased remuneration. Thus, when wage incentives are offered to improve productivity , labourers respond by working shorter hours to earn the same money rather than harder or longer to earn more money.… …
22downward sloping yield curve — A yield curve depicting a situation in which yields for shorter term maturities are higher than those for longer term maturities. Downward sloping yield curves are atypical. American Banker Glossary …
23upward sloping yield curve — A yield curve depicting a situation in which yields for shorter term maturities are lower than yields for longer term maturities. Upward sloping yield curves are common. American Banker Glossary …
24downward-sloping — adjective sloping down rather steeply • Syn: ↑declivitous, ↑downhill • Similar to: ↑descending • Derivationally related forms: ↑downhill (for: ↑downhill) …
25negative sloping yield curve — See yield curve slope. American Banker Glossary …
26positive sloping yield curve — See yield curve slope. American Banker Glossary …
27Slopingly — Sloping Slop ing, a. Inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon, or from a horizontal or other right line; oblique; declivous; slanting. {Slop ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] The sloping land recedes into the clouds. Cowper. [1913 Webster] …
28declivous — sloping downwards, declining …
29shears — sloping poles on which nets are dried (Newfoundland) …
30Strut — ♦ Sloping timber supporting a beam, etc. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 415) …