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  • 111tender offer — n: a public offer to purchase a specified number or range of shares from shareholders usu. at a premium and in an attempt to gain control of the issuing company Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. tender offer …

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  • 112Front running — is the illegal practice of a stock broker executing orders on a security for their own account (and thus affecting prices) before filling orders previously submitted by their customers. After the broker has made their original transactions, they… …

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  • 113Palestine Securities Exchange — The Palestine Securities Exchange (PSE), in Nablus, was incorporated as a private shareholding company in early 1995, with the Palestine Development Investment Company (PADICO) and (SAMED) as its major investors. After the Palestinian National… …

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  • 114account — a record of a business transaction. When you buy something on credit, the company you are dealing with sets up an account . This means it sets up a record of what you buy and what you pay. You will do the same thing with any customers to whom you …

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  • 115call option — An option that gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to purchase ( go long ) the underlying futures contract at the strike price on or before the expiration date. Chicago Board of Trade glossary A contract giving the buyer the right… …

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  • 116money — currency and coin that are guaranteed as legal tender by the government, a regulatory agency or bank. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary at the money out of the money in the money NYSE Euronext Glossary * * * money mon‧ey [ˈmʌni] noun …

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  • 117subscription — Agreement to buy new issue of securities. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary Acquisition of shares or units in a fund by an investor. NYSE Euronext Glossary * * * subscription sub‧scrip‧tion [səbˈskrɪpʆn] noun 1. [countable] an amount of money you… …

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  • 118Dividend stripping — is the purchase of shares just before a dividend is paid, and the sale of those shares after that payment, i.e. when they go ex dividend. This may be done either by an ordinary investor as an investment strategy, or by a company s owners or… …

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  • 119stock option — an option giving the holder, usually an officer or employee, the right to buy stock of the issuing corporation at a specific price within a stated period. [1940 45] * * * Contractual agreement entitling the holder to buy or sell a share of stock… …

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  • 120market — / mɑ:kɪt/ noun 1. an area where a product might be sold or the group of people who might buy a product ● There is no market for this product. ● Our share of the Far eastern market has gone down. 2. a place where money or commodities are traded ♦… …

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