to effect a transaction
21Performance Drag — The negative effect of transaction costs on the performance of an investment. Performance drag is most commonly attributed to brokerage commissions, but there are many other factors such as timing, bid ask spreads and other opportunity costs that …
22operative — A workman; a laboring man; an artisan; particularly one employed in factories. Secret agent or detective @ operative part That part of a conveyance, or of any instrument intended for the creation or transference of rights, by which the main… …
23performative — adjective Date: 1955 being or relating to an expression that serves to effect a transaction or that constitutes the performance of the specified act by virtue of its utterance < performative verbs such as promise and congratulate > compare… …
24pop — 1. to ingest narcotics illegally Either from popping them into your mouth as a pill or into vein by injection. Whence popper, such a pill or injection: The ammoniac aftersmell of poppers hung in the air. (M. Thomas, 1982) 2. an act… …
25entirely without understanding — Inability to comprehend nature and effect of transaction involved, not necessarily absolute imbecility, idiocy or mental incapacity …
26entirely without understanding — Inability to comprehend nature and effect of transaction involved, not necessarily absolute imbecility, idiocy or mental incapacity …
27Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …
28CONTRACT — (Heb. חוֹזֶה, ḥozeh), in general law theory a legally binding agreement between two or more parties, in terms of which one party undertakes for the benefit of the other to perform or refrain from a certain act. As such, contract is the main… …
29Controlled Substances Act — Acronym CSA Enacted by the 91st United States Congress Effective October 27, 1970 Citations Public La …
30Networked Advocacy — or net centric advocacy refers to a specific type of advocacy. While networked advocacy has existed for centuries, it has become significantly more efficacious in recent years due in large part to the widespread availability of the internet,… …
