short sale short selling | sale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price) |
auction auction sale vendue | the public sale of something to the highest bidder |
direct primary | a primary where voters directly select the candidates who will run for office |
direct flight | a flight with one or more intermediate stops but no change of aircraft |
foreign direct investment | a joint venture between a foreign company and a United States company |
direct support | a mission requiring one force to support another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly the supported force's request for assistance |
direct supporting fire | fire delivered in support of part of a force (as opposed to general supporting fire delivered in support of the force as a whole) |
direct fire | fire delivered on a target that is visible to the person aiming it |
foreign direct investment | investing in United States businesses by foreign citizens (often involves stock ownership of the business) |
direct marketing | marketing via a promotion delivered directly to the individual prospective customer |
sale | a particular instance of selling, he has just made his first sale, they had to complete the sale before the banks closed |
sale | the general activity of selling, they tried to boost sales, laws limit the sale of handguns |
sale cutate sale sales event | an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices, they held a sale to reduce their inventory, I got some great bargains at their annual sale |
car boot sale boot sale | an outdoor sale at which people sell things from the trunk of their car |
clearance sale inventorylearance sale | a sale to reduce inventory |
fire sale | a sale of merchandise supposedly damaged by fire |
fire sale | a sale of assets at very low prices typically when the seller faces bankruptcy |
garage sale yard sale | an outdoor sale of used personal or household items held on the seller's premises |
going-out-of-business sale | a sale of all the tangible assets of a business that is about to close, during the Great Depression going-out-of-business sales were very common |
rummage sale jumble sale | a sale of donated articles |
white sale | a sale of household linens |
direct action | a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands |
Joint Direct Attack Munition JDAM | a pinpoint bomb guidance device that can be strapped to a gravity bomb thus converting dumb bombs into smart bombs |
positive correlation direct correlation | a correlation in which large values of one variable are associated with large values of the other and small with small, the correlation coefficient is between and |
direct mail | advertising sent directly to prospective customers via the mail |
direct antonym | antonyms that are commonly associated (e.g., `wet' and `dry') |
direct object object of the verb | the object that receives the direct action of the verb |
sale sales agreement | an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer), the salesman faxed the sales agreement to his home office |
conditional sale | a sale in which the buyer receives title to the property only upon the performance of some condition (usually the full payment of the purchase price) |
sale in gross contract of hazard | a sale of a tract of land as a whole without a warranty as to the acreage |
sheriff's sale execution sale judicial sale forced sale | a sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligation |
bill of sale | a deed transferring personal property |
direct evidence | evidence (usually the testimony of a witness) directly related to the fact in dispute |
direct discourse direct quotation | a report of the exact words used in a discourse (e.g., he said `I am a fool') |
direct examination | (law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness |
direct tide | the occurrence of high tide on one side of the earth coinciding with high tide on the opposite side |
direct sum | a union of two disjoint sets in which every element is the sum of an element from each of the disjoint sets |
direct mailer | a distributor who uses direct mail to sell merchandise |
direct-grant school | formerly a school that charged tuition fees and also received government grants in return for admitting certain non-paying students who were nominated by the local authorities |
direct transmission | a transmission mechanism in which the infectious agent is transferred directly into the body via touching or biting or kissing or sexual intercourse or by droplets entering the eye or nose or mouth |
direct current DC direct electric current | an electric current that flows in one direction steadily |
direct tax | a tax paid directly by the person or organization on whom it is levied |
conditional sale | a security interest taken by the seller in return for credit |
direct trust express trust | a trust created by the free and deliberate act of the parties involved (usually on the basis of written documentation) |
direct loan | a loan by a lender to a customer without the use of a third party, direct lending gives the lender greater discretion in making loans |
contrast direct contrast | the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared, in contrast to, by contrast |
sale | the state of being purchasable, offered or exhibited for selling, you'll find vitamin C for sale at most pharmacies, the new line of cars will soon be on sale |
direct dye substantive dye | dye with a high affinity for cellulose fibers (cotton or rayon etc.) |
mastermind engineer direct organize organise orchestrate | plan and direct (a complex undertaking), he masterminded the robbery |
calculate aim direct | specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public |