tombstone (noun)
1tombstone — ► NOUN ▪ a large, flat inscribed stone standing or laid over a grave …
2tombstone ad — UK US noun [C] STOCK MARKET, FINANCE ► TOMBSTONE ADVERTISEMENT(Cf. ↑tombstone advertisement) …
3tombstone advertisement — UK US noun [C] (also tombstone ad) STOCK MARKET, FINANCE ► a newspaper advertisement giving information about a sale of bonds, etc. that is now complete, including information such as the names of the financial organizations and the amount… …
4tombstone engineering — noun The practice of letting accidents or failures (perhaps occasioning death, but not necessarily) identify engineering problems. <! feel free to change this to a better quote 2005: The media have the power to drive the FAA to actions that… …
5tombstone — noun the writing on the tombstone Syn: gravestone, headstone, stone; memorial, monument …
6tombstone — noun Date: 1565 gravestone …
7tombstone — noun a large, flat inscribed stone standing or laid over a grave …
8tombstone — noun (C) a stone that is put on a grave and shows the dead person s name, dates of birth and death etc; gravestone …
9tombstone advertisement — noun Etymology: so called from its staid unexciting character : a newspaper advertisement of the offering of a new issue of a security that does not give any specific information about it …
10Tombstone — Advertisement listing the underwriters to a security issue. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * tombstone tomb‧stone [ˈtuːmstəʊn ǁ stoʊn] noun [countable] informal FINANCE MARKETING an advertisement in a newspaper that lists the banks… …
