to serve as sth
41Position — A market commitment; the number of contracts bought or sold for which no offsetting transaction has been entered into. The buyer of a commodity is said to have a long position and the seller of a commodity is said to have a short position .… …
42position — A market commitment. A buyer of a futures contract is said to have a long position and, conversely, a seller of futures contracts is said to have a short position. Chicago Board of Trade glossary Open contracts indicating an interest in the… …
43price — 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… …
44buffer — buff‧er [ˈbʌfə ǁ ər] noun [countable] 1. COMPUTING a place in a computer s memory for storing information temporarily: • Any data still in the file buffer is written to the file before the file is closed. 2. something that protects something from …
45purpose — UK US /ˈpɜːpəs/ noun ► [C] the reason for doing something or the reason that something exists: sb s purpose in doing sth »My purpose in calling this meeting was to remind everyone of some basic rules. with/for the purpose of (doing) sth »He… …
46guide — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sth that helps you plan what you are going to do ADJECTIVE ▪ approximate, general, rough ▪ accurate VERB + GUIDE ▪ give (sb), pro …
47hot — adj. 1 of the weather VERBS ▪ be ▪ become, get, grow, turn ▪ The sun shone fiercely down and it grew hotter and hotter. ADVERB …
48rank — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 level of importance ADJECTIVE ▪ high, senior, superior, top, upper ▪ middle ▪ inferior, junior …
49warm — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb ADVERB ▪ properly, sufficiently, thoroughly ▪ slightly ▪ gently ▪ gradually, slowly …
50deserve — de|serve W3S2 [dıˈzə:v US ə:rv] v [T] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin deservire to serve very keenly , from servire to serve ] 1.) to have earned something by good or bad actions or behaviour ▪ What have I done to deserve this?… …
