(made of paper)

  • 121Paper Profit (Paper Loss) — Unrealized capital gain (or capital loss) in an investment. It is calculated by comparing the market price of a security to the original purchase price. Gains or losses only become realized when the security is sold. Investors commonly justify… …

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  • 122made — adj. (cannot stand alone) made from, of, out of; with USAGE NOTE: Compare these examples, which illustrate general tendencies 1) a stew can be made with vegetables (vegetables are not the only ingredient). 2) a stew can be made of/out of… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 123Paper Dolls — infobox television show name = Paper Dolls caption = This is the main title caption that was seen throughout the series. format = Soap opera runtime = 50 minutes creator = starring = Morgan Fairchild Nicollette Sheridan Terry Farrell Lloyd… …

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  • 124Paper hanger (Mundelein's speech) — Hitler as paper hanger (ad hominem attack)= In his Paper hanger talk to 500 priests of his Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, at the Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary, in Chicago, Illinois, on May 18,1937, Cardinal George Mundelein made …

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  • 125paper bag — /peɪpə ˈbæg/ (say paypuh bag) noun 1. a small bag made out of paper, as that into which purchases are placed by a shop assistant. –phrase Colloquial 2. a paper bag job, (derogatory) a sexual partner viewed as having an ugly face but an attractive …

  • 126paper — [14] Paper gets its name from the papyrus, a sort of rush from which in ancient times paper was made. The Greek word for this (presumably borrowed from some Oriental language) was pápūros, and its Latin in descendant papyrus passed into English… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 127paper chain — /ˈpeɪpə tʃeɪn/ (say paypuh chayn) noun a chain made from interwoven bits of paper, usually coloured paper, as a decoration …

  • 128paper — [14] Paper gets its name from the papyrus, a sort of rush from which in ancient times paper was made. The Greek word for this (presumably borrowed from some Oriental language) was pápūros, and its Latin in descendant papyrus passed into English… …

    Word origins