Crack spread — Energy portal Crack spread is a term used in the oil industry and futures trading for the differential between the price of crude oil and petroleum products extracted from it that is, the profit margin that an oil refinery can expect to make by… … Wikipedia
crack spread — A type of commodity product spread involving the purchase of crude oil futures and the sale of gasoline and heating oil futures. The CENTER ONLINE Futures Glossary A hedge used in the energy futures market to offset the risk of buying (or… … Financial and business terms
Spread trade — In finance, a spread trade refers to the act of buying one security or futures contract and selling another related one, in an attempt to profit from the change in the price difference between the two.As expiry of a long contract and delivery of… … Wikipedia
Crack epidemic (United States) — Crack Cocaine The United States crack epidemic refers to the surge of crack houses and crack cocaine use in major cities in the United States between 1984 and 1994. According to New York Senator Charles Schumer in a statement made in August 2004 … Wikipedia
Crack cocaine — A pile of crack cocaine ‘rocks’ Crack cocaine is the freebase form of cocaine that can be smoked. It may also be termed rock, hard, iron … Wikipedia
crack — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 line on the surface of sth where it has broken ADJECTIVE ▪ big, deep, huge, large, long, serious (esp. BrE) ▪ short, small … Collocations dictionary
crack — Synonyms and related words: Daedalian, Parthian shot, above par, abrade, abrasion, abysm, abyss, account for, ace, address, adept, adroit, allegation, allegorize, alligator, answer, aperture, aphorism, apostrophe, apothegm, approach, apt, arroyo … Moby Thesaurus
crack — n 1. a purified, addictive form of cocaine. When pellets of crack are smoked they fizz and crackle, which is probably the origin of the name, reinforced by the precedent of smack. The drug became popular in the USA in 1985, but was first… … Contemporary slang
spread — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 increase in amount or number of sth ADJECTIVE ▪ good, great, wide ▪ rapid ▪ gradual, slow ▪ … Collocations dictionary
spread — Synonyms and related words: aberrate, aberration, accelerated, access, accessible, accession, accretion, accrual, accrue, accruement, accumbent, accumulate, accumulation, acreage, addition, adjunct, advance, advertise, affirmed, afghan,… … Moby Thesaurus
