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91hedge — A financial transaction or position designed to mitigate the risk of other transactions or positions. For example, a manufacturer may contract to sell a large quantity of a product for delivery over the next six months. If the product depends on… …
92erode — UK [ɪˈrəʊd] / US [ɪˈroʊd] or erode away UK / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms erode : present tense I/you/we/they erode he/she/it erodes present participle eroding past tense eroded past participle eroded * 1) to gradually damage the… …
93erode away — erode UK [ɪˈrəʊd] / US [ɪˈroʊd] or erode away UK / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms erode : present tense I/you/we/they erode he/she/it erodes present participle eroding past tense eroded past participle eroded * 1) to gradually… …
94devalue — v.tr. (devalues, devalued, devaluing) 1 reduce the value of. 2 Econ. reduce the value of (a currency) in relation to other currencies or to gold (opp. REVALUE). Derivatives: devaluation n …
95injure — injure, harm, hurt, damage, impair, mar, spoil all mean to affect someone or something so as to rob it of soundness, strength, or perfection or to reduce its value, usefulness, or effectiveness. Injure in its earliest and still frequent sense… …
96de|val|u|ate — «dee VAL yu ayt», verb, at|ed, at|ing. –v.t. 1. to reduce the value of; deprive of value. 2. to fix a lower legal value on (a currency that has depreciated): »In 1967 Great Britain devaluated the pound from $2.80 to $2.40. –v.i. 1 …
97Golf (card game) — Golf is not one, but two different card games where players try to earn the lowest number of points (as in golf, the sport) over the course of nine deals (or holes to further use golfing teminology). The first is a form of solitaire with a… …
98devalue — /dee val yooh/, v., devalued, devaluing. v.t. 1. to deprive of value; reduce the value of. 2. to fix a lower value on (a currency). v.i. 3. to undergo devaluation: The currency has devalued at a rapid rate. Also, devaluate. [1915 20; DE + VALUE]… …
99bonus issue — Also known as a scrip issue or capitalisation issue. An issue of new shares to existing shareholders in the same proportions as their existing holdings. Although the shareholders do not pay for the new shares they are not receiving something for… …
100price — [n1] financial value amount, appraisal, appraisement, asking price, assessment, barter, bill, bounty, ceiling, charge, compensation, consideration, cost, damage, demand, disbursement, discount, dues, estimate, exaction, expenditure, expense, face …
