(obsolete) In the London Stock Exchange: a fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer or to a third party who lends stock, when the seller wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day.
In full normal backwardation: the situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery of a commodity (the forward price) is lower than the price for immediate delivery (the spot price) or nearer delivery, generally arising from a near-term shortage of the commodity.
The situation in a stock market where the offer price for stock is lower than the bid price.
bikhaconitine
bikhaconitine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in bikh (Aconitum spicatum).
blockheadedly
blockheadedly
adv
In a blockheaded way.
bloodsuckings
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
cabinetworker
cabinetworker
noun
One who makes cabinets; a practitioner of cabinetwork.
checkerboards
checkerboards
noun
plural of checkerboard
clothesbasket
clothesbasket
noun
A basket for holding clothes to be laundered.
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
crookedbacked
diamondbacked
jabberwockian
jabberwockies
jabberwockies
noun
plural of jabberwocky
katabolically
knickerbocker
knickerbocker
noun
(archaic, used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to knickerbockers.
A linsey-woolsey fabric with a rough knotted surface on the right side, formerly used for women's dresses.
lobachevskian
lobachevskian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (1792–1856), Russian mathematician.
Of or related to hyperbolic geometry, which was developed by Nikolai Lobachevsky.
preblockading
probankruptcy
proboscislike
proboscislike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a proboscis.
schoolbookish
schoolbookish
adj
Characteristic of a schoolbook; dry, pedantic, etc.
