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open-end

open-end : organized to allow for contingencies: as a : permitting additional debt to be incurred under the original debt instrument subject to specified conditions see also open-end mortgage at mortgage b : having fluctuating capitalization of shares that are issued or redeemed at the current net asset value or at a figure in fixed ratio to this [an investment company] compare closed-end c : calling for the filling by a particular contractor of all government needs for a specific product during a specified period [an contract] ...

open-end mortgage

open-end mortgage see mortgage ...

open ended

allowing for a spontaneous response as an open ended question Contrasted to multiple choice...

Opeidoscope

An instrument consisting of a tube having one end open and the other end covered with a thin flexible membrance to the center of which is attached a small mirror It is used for exhibiting upon a screen by means of rays reflected from the mirror the vibratory motions caused by sounds produced at the open end of the tube as by speaking or singing into it...

closed-end

closed-end : having a fixed capitalization of shares that are traded on the market at prices determined by supply and demand [a investment company] compare open-end ...

Flue pipe

A pipe esp an organ pipe whose tone is produced by the impinging of a current of air upon an edge or lip causing a wave motion in the air within a mouth pipe distinguished from reed pipe Flue pipes are either open or closed stopped at the distant end The flute and flageolet are open pipes a bottle acts as a closed pipe when one blows across the neck The organ has both open and closed flue pipes those of metal being usually round in section and those of wood triangular or square...

mortgage

mortgage [Anglo-French, from Old French, from mort dead (from Latin mortuus) + gage security] 1 a : a conveyance of title to property that is given to secure an obligation (as a debt) and that is defeated upon payment or performance according to stipulated terms [shows that a deed was intended only as a "W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al."] b : a lien against property that is granted to secure an obligation (as a debt) and that is extinguished upon payment or performance according to stipulated terms [creditors with valid s against the debtor's property "J. H. Williamson"] c : a loan secured by a mortgage [applied for a ] adjustable rate mortgage : a mortgage having an interest rate which is usually initially lower than that of a mortgage with a fixed rate but which is adjusted periodically according to an index (as the cost of funds to the lender) balloon mortgage : a mortgage having the interest paid periodically and the principal paid in one lump sum at the end of the term of the lo...

Outfall

The mouth of a river the lower end of a water course the open end of a drain culvert etc where the discharge occurs...

Dun

Dun, a mountain or high open place. The names of places ending in dun or don were either built on hills, or near them in open places....

Beria, Berie, or Berry

Beria, Berie, or Berry, a large open field. Those cities and towns in England which end with this word are built on plain and open places, and do not derive their names from boroughs, as Spelman imagines; the true sense of the word berie is a flat wide champaign, as is proved from sufficient authorities by the learned Du Fresne, who observes that Beria Sancti Edmundi, mentioned by Mat. Paris., sub. Ann. 1174, is not to be taken for the town, but for the adjoining plain....

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