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spread
spread 1 a : the difference between any two prices for similar articles [the between the list price and the market price of an article] b : the difference between the highest and lowest prices of a product or security for a given period c : the difference between bid and asked prices (as of a stock) 2 a : a simultaneous put option and call option in which the put price and the call price differ so that no profit is made unless the price falls below or rises above the put or call price respectively by more than enough to cover the cost of the option ;also : the difference between the put price and call price b : a transaction in which a participant hedges with simultaneous long and short options in different commodities or different delivery dates in the same commodity 3 : an arbitrage transaction operated by buying and selling simultaneously in two markets when there is an abnormal difference in price between the two markets ;also : the difference in price 4 : the differenc...
call
call 1 : to announce or recite loudly [ed the civil trial list] 2 : to admit (a person) as a barrister [was ed to the bar] 3 : to demand payment of esp. by formal notice [ a loan] 4 : to demand presentation of (as a bond or option) for redemption NOTE: A security issuer may call a security only if calling it is previously provided for, as, for example, in the indenture for a bond or in the stock agreement for preferred stock. The issuer usually pays the holder a premium for a called security. n 1 : a demand for payment of money: as a : a notice by the U.S. Treasury to depositories to transfer part of its deposit balance to the Federal Reserve bank b : a notice to a stockholder or subscriber to pay an assessment or an installment of subscription to capital 2 : call option at option 3 a : a formal announcement or recitation [the daily of the motion calendar] b : roll call [the speaker ordered a of the house] ...
straddle
straddle : the purchase of an equal number of put options and call options on the same underlying securities with the same price and maturity date ...
Contract of option
Contract of option, is one whereby the grantor of the option offers to enter into what may be called a 'major' contract with a second person and makes a separate contract to keep his offer open, Varty v. British South Africa Co., (1965) 1 Ch 508 (522)....
Optional writ
Optional writ, a praceipe, so called because it was in the alternative,commanding the defendant to do the thing required, or show the reason wherefore he had not done it....
limited partnership rollup transaction
limited partnership rollup transaction : the combining or reorganizing of one or more limited partnerships into an entity (as a master limited partnership or real estate investment trust) that can be publicly traded ;specif : such a transaction in which some or all of the investors suffer adverse changes including the receipt of new securities without an option to receive or retain securities having the same terms as those originally purchased called also partnership rollup rollup ...
Hire purchase
A contract more fully called contract of hire with an option of purchase in which a person hires goods for a specified period and at a fixed rent with the added condition that if he shall retain the goods for the full period and pay all the installments of rent as they become due the contract shall determine and the title vest absolutely in him and that if he chooses he may at any time during the term surrender the goods and be quit of any liability for future installments upon the contract In the United States such a contract is generally treated as a conditional sale and the term hire purchase is also sometimes applied to a contract in which the hirer is not free to avoid future liability by surrender of the goods In England however if the hirer does not have this right the contract is a sale...
Call
Call, 1, (1) The election of students to the degree of barrister-at-law, hence (2) the ceremony or epoch of election, and (3) the number of persons elected. See INNS OF COURT.2. The demand for payment of an instalment other than payments due at fixed dates by the terms of the prospectus or agreement to take shares, Croskey v. Bank of Wales, (1863) 4, 9 Giff 314, due upon shares. On the issue of shares a certain portion only of the issue price is usually demanded on allotment and at fixed dates thereafter: the balance is sometimes payable when demanded. In the case of limited companies the calls are limited to the total amount unpaid on each share. There is an implied promise by a purchaser of shares that he will indemnify the vendor against all future calls on shares, Spencer v. Asworth, Partington & Co., (1925) 1 KB 589. See COMPANY and CONTRIBUTORY; FLOATING CHARGE and TABLE A. (Articles 11 to 16).3. A Stock Exchange term for the right to buy stock or shares at a fixed price on a cer...
contract
contract [Latin contractus from contrahere to draw together, enter into (a relationship or agreement), from com- with, together + trahere to draw] 1 : an agreement between two or more parties that creates in each party a duty to do or not do something and a right to performance of the other's duty or a remedy for the breach of the other's duty ;also : a document embodying such an agreement see also accept, bargain, breach, cause, consent, consideration, duty, meeting of the minds, obligation, offer, performance, promise, rescind, social contract, subcontract Uniform Commercial Code in the Important Laws section NOTE: Contracts must be made by parties with the necessary capacity (as age or mental soundness) and must have a lawful, not criminal, object. Except in Louisiana, a valid contract also requires consideration, mutuality of obligations, and a meeting of the minds. In Louisiana, a valid contract requires the consent of the parties and a cause for the contract in addition to c...
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