eating stock — When an underwriter can t find buyers for a stock and therefore has to buy them for his own account. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary … Financial and business terms
Stock route — In Australia, the Travelling Stock Route or TSR is an authorised thoroughfare for the walking of domestic livestock such as sheep or cattle from one location to another. The TSRs are known collectively as The Long Paddock . [… … Wikipedia
stock — 01. He got rich when he bought some [stocks] in an Internet company, and they increased in value by 100 times what he paid for them. 02. People living in San Francisco are encouraged to [stock] up on water and basic foodstuffs in case of an… … Grammatical examples in English
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Simon Stock — Infobox Saint name= Saint Simon Stock birth date= 1165 death date=16 May, 1265 feast day= May 16 venerated in= Roman Catholic Church imagesize= 250px caption=Pietro Novelli, Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Carmelite Saints (Simon Stock (standing),… … Wikipedia
World Pie Eating Championship — The annual World Pie Eating Championship is usually held at Harry s Bar on Wallgate, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The competition has been held since 1992. In 2006, a vegetarian version was added [… … Wikipedia
Ryan Stock — is a Canadian based TV stunt man with a show on the Discovery Channel called Guinea Pig . Ryan and his fiancée Amber Lynn Walker travel around Canada and the United States and find tests such as being bitten by de venomed snakes, and hitting 6… … Wikipedia
Undersubscribed — A situation in which the demand for an initial public offering of securities is less than the number of shares issued. Also known as an underbooking . Typically, the goal of a public offering is to price the security issue at the exact price at… … Investment dictionary
Deepwater Horizon oil spill — 2010 oil spill and BP oil spill redirect here. For other oil spills in 2010, see 2010 oil spill (disambiguation). For the 2006 oil spill involving BP, see Prudhoe Bay oil spill. For the drilling rig and explosion, see Deepwater Horizon… … Wikipedia
Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… … Universalium