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  • 31(a) slice of the pie — a piece/share/slice/of the pie phrase a share of the available money, benefits etc The company made big profits and the workers want a slice of the pie. Thesaurus: share of somethingsynonym …

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  • 32slice — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 flat piece of food ADJECTIVE ▪ big, generous, great, huge, large, thick ▪ little, small, thin …

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  • 33lion — li|on [ˈlaıən] n ↑mane [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin leo, from Greek leon] 1.) a large animal of the cat family that lives in Africa and parts of southern Asia. Lions have gold coloured fur and the male has a ↑mane (=long hair… …

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  • 34fair*/*/*/ — [feə] adj I 1) if a situation is fair, everyone is treated equally and in a reasonable way Ant: unfair free and fair elections[/ex] It wouldn t be fair to the others if she is paid more.[/ex] 2) reasonable and morally right a fair… …

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  • 35market — Usually refers to the equity market. The market went down today means that the value of the stock market dropped that day. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. market mar‧ket 1 [ˈmɑːkt ǁ ˈmɑːr ] noun 1. [countable] COMMERCE the activity of… …

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  • 36Offer — Indicates a willingness to sell at a given price. Related: bid * * * ▪ I. offer of‧fer 1 [ˈɒfə ǁ ˈɒːfər, ˈɑː ] verb [transitive] 1. to say that you are willing to give someone something, or to give them it: offer somebody something • The …

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  • 37offer — An expression indicating one s desire to sell a commodity at a given price; opposite of bid. Chicago Board of Trade glossary To show the desire to sell a futures contract at an established price. The CENTER ONLINE Futures Glossary Indicates a… …

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  • 38price — A fixed value of something. Prices are usually expressed in monetary terms. In a free market, prices are set as a result of the interaction of supply and demand in a market; when demand for a product increases and supply remains constant, the… …

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  • 39split — Sometimes companies split their outstanding shares into more shares. If a company with 1 million shares executes a two for one split, the company would have 2 million shares. An investor with 100 shares before the split would hold 200 shares… …

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  • 40Split — Sometimes, companies split their outstanding shares into a larger number of shares. If a company with 1 million shares did a two for one split, the company would have 2 million shares. An investor with 100 shares before the split would hold 200… …

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