short-the-basis — When a person or firm needs to buy a commodity in the future, he can protect himself against price increases by making a substitute purchase in the futures market. The risk this person now faces is the risk of a change in basis (cash price… … Financial and business terms
long-the-basis — A person who owns the physical commodity and hedges his position with a short futures position is said to be long the basis. He profits from the basis becoming more positive (stronger); for example, if a farmer sold a January soybean futures… … Financial and business terms
The Cantos — by Ezra Pound is a long, incomplete poem in 120 sections, each of which is a canto . Most of it was written between 1915 and 1962, although much of the early work was abandoned and the early cantos, as finally published, date from 1922 onwards.… … Wikipedia
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basis — ba·sis / bā səs/ n pl ba·ses / ˌsēz/ 1: something (as a principle or reason) on which something else is established the court could not imagine any conceivable basis for the statute see also rational basis 2: a basic principle o … Law dictionary
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