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1put — An option contract giving the buyer the right to sell something at a specified price within a certain period of time. A put is purchased in expectation of lower prices. If prices are expected to rise, a put may be sold. The seller receives the… …
2Put — An option granting the right to sell the underlying futures contract. Opposite of a call. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * ▪ I. put put 1 [pʊt] verb put PTandPP putting PRESPART …
3Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …
4business cycle — a recurrent fluctuation in the total business activity of a country. [1920 25] * * * Periodic fluctuation in the rate of economic activity, as measured by levels of employment, prices, and production. Economists have long debated why periods of… …
5business organization — Introduction an entity formed for the purpose of carrying on commercial enterprise. Such an organization is predicated on systems of law governing contract and exchange, property rights, and incorporation. Business enterprises… …
6Business ethics — For the episode from the American television series The Office, see Business Ethics (The Office). Business ethics (also corporate ethics) is a form of applied ethics or professional ethics that examines ethical principles and moral or ethical… …
7Business Plot — The Business Plot (also the Plot Against FDR and the White House Putsch) was an alleged political conspiracy in 1933. Retired Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler claimed that wealthy businessmen were plotting to create a fascist veterans… …
8Business action on climate change — includes a range of activities relating to combatting global warming, and to influencing political decisions on global warming related regulation, such as the Kyoto Protocol. Major multinationals have played and to some extent continue to play a… …
9Re Cardiff Savings Bank — [1892] 2 Ch 100 (also the Marquess of Bute s case is a UK company law case, concerning the duty of care owed by members of the board. It is old law, and serves as an example of to what extent a subjective duty of care (as opposed to an objective… …
10Open All Hours — Series title card, 1976–1985. Format Comedy Created by Roy Clarke …
