BACKWARDATION | • backwardation n. In full normal backwardation: the situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery… • backwardation n. The situation in a stock market where the offer price for stock is lower than the bid price. • backwardation n. (Obsolete) In the London Stock Exchange: a fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer… |
BACKWARDATIONS | • backwardations n. Plural of backwardation. • BACKWARDATION n. on the Stock Exchange, the postponement of the delivery of stock; a charge associated with this. |
BACKWOODSIEST | • BACKWOODSY adj. uncouth, rustic. |
CABBAGETOWN | • Cabbagetown prop.n. A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, filled with semi-detached Victorian houses. • Cabbagetown prop.n. A neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, United States, rebuilt after the American Civil War. A National… • Cabbagetown prop.n. Alternative form of Cabbage Town. |
CABBAGETOWNS | • CABBAGETOWN n. from Cabbagetown, a depressed area of Toronto, where the Anglo-Saxon population was thought to exist on cabbage. |
CABINETWORK | • cabinetwork n. Furniture made by a cabinetmaker. • cabinetwork n. Cabinetmaking. • CABINETWORK n. finished woodwork made by a cabinetmaker. |
CABINETWORKS | • CABINETWORK n. finished woodwork made by a cabinetmaker. |
CONSTABLEWICK | • constablewick n. (Obsolete) The district to which a constable’s power is limited. • CONSTABLEWICK n. (historical) the district of a constable. |
CONSTABLEWICKS | • constablewicks n. Plural of constablewick. • CONSTABLEWICK n. (historical) the district of a constable. |
CROWBAIT | • crowbait n. (US, often attributive) An old, emaciated horse. • CROWBAIT n. an old horse. |
CROWBAITS | • crowbaits n. Plural of crowbait. • CROWBAIT n. an old horse. |
SWATCHBOOK | • SWATCHBOOK n. a collection of swatches bound together in book form. |
SWATCHBOOKS | • SWATCHBOOK n. a collection of swatches bound together in book form. |
SWITCHBOARD | • switchboard n. (Telecommunications) The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient. • switchboard n. (Electrical engineering) A large piece of power-distribution equipment that directs electricity to multiple loads. • SWITCHBOARD n. a board or frame bearing apparatus for making or breaking an electric current or circuit. |
SWITCHBOARDS | • switchboards n. Plural of switchboard. • SWITCHBOARD n. a board or frame bearing apparatus for making or breaking an electric current or circuit. |
THROWBACK | • throwback n. A reversion to an earlier stage of development. • throwback n. (Derogatory) A person considered to be primitive, uncivilized and mentally deficient. • throwback n. An organism that has characteristics of a more primitive form. |
THROWBACKS | • throwbacks n. Plural of throwback. • THROWBACK n. a reversion (e.g. to an earlier developmental type). |
WATCHBOX | • watchbox n. A sentry hut. • WATCHBOX n. a sentry box. |
WATCHBOXES | • watchboxes n. Plural of watchbox. • WATCHBOX n. a sentry box. |