Breast-high
(a.) High as the breast. |
Exchange
(n.) The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent |
Exchange
(n.) The act of substituting one thing in the place of another |
Exchange
(n.) The thing given or received in return |
Exchange
(n.) The process of setting accounts or debts between parties residing at a distance from each other, without the intervention of money, by exchanging orders or drafts, called bills of exchange. These may be drawn in one country and payable in another, in which case they are called foreign bills |
Exchange
(n.) A mutual grant of equal interests, the one in consideration of the other. Estates exchanged must be equal in quantity, as fee simple for fee simple. |
Exchange
(n.) The place where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a city meet at certain hours, to transact business. In this sense often contracted to 'Change. |
Exchange
(n.) To part with give, or transfer to another in consideration of something received as an equivalent |
Exchange
(n.) To part with for a substitute |
Exchange
(n.) To give and receive reciprocally, as things of the same kind |
Exchange
(v. i.) To be changed or received in exchange for |
Frequency
(n.) The condition of returning frequently |
Frequency
(n.) A crowd |
High
(v. i.) To hie. |
High
(superl.) Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or surface |
High
(superl.) Regarded as raised up or elevated |
High
(superl.) Elevated in character or quality, whether moral or intellectual |
High
(superl.) Exalted in social standing or general estimation, or in rank, reputation, office, and the like |
High
(superl.) Of noble birth |
High
(superl.) Of great strength, force, importance, and the like |
High
(superl.) Very abstract |
High
(superl.) Costly |
High
(superl.) Arrogant |
High
(superl.) Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree |
High
(superl.) Strong-scented |
High
(superl.) Acute or sharp |
High
(superl.) Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as / (/ve), / (f/d). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 10, 11. |
High
(adv.) In a high manner |
High
(n.) An elevated place |
High
(n.) People of rank or high station |
High
(n.) The highest card dealt or drawn. |
High
(v. i.) To rise |
High-blown
(a.) Inflated, as with conceit. |
High-bred
(a.) Bred in high life |
High-built
(a.) Of lofty structure |
High-church
(a.) Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the High Church, or their doctrines or policy. See High Church, under High, a. |
High-churchism
(n.) The principles of the high-church party. |
High-churchman
(n.) One who holds high-church principles. |
High-churchman-ship
(n.) The state of being a high-churchman. |
High-colored
(a.) Having a strong, deep, or glaring color |
High-colored
(a.) Vivid |
High-embowed
(a.) Having lofty arches. |
High-fed
(a.) Pampered |
High-finished
(a.) Finished with great care |
High-flown
(a.) Elevated |
High-flown
(a.) Turgid |
High-flushed
(a.) Elated. |
High-go
(n.) A spree |
High-handed
(a.) Overbearing |
High-hearted
(a.) Full of courage or nobleness |
| trading | buying or selling securities or commodities |
bond trading
bond-trading activity | trading in bonds (usually by a broker on the floor of an exchange) |
| program trading | a trading technique involving large blocks of stock with trades triggered by computer programs |
| insider trading | buying or selling corporate stock by a corporate officer or other insider on the basis of information that has not been made public and is supposed to remain confidential |
incentive option
incentive stock option | an option granted to corporate executives if the company achieves certain financial goals |
| exchange | (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value, the endgame began after the exchange of queens |
| exchange | (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop, black lost the exchange |
substitution
exchange commutation | the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help |
| high colonic | an enema that injects large amounts of fluid high into the colon for cleansing purposes |
| exchange transfusion | slow removal of a person's blood and its replacement with equal amounts of a donor's blood |
split stock split
split up | an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity, they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock |
reverse split
reverse stock split
split down | a decrease in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity |
| high jump | the act of jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar |
all fours
high-low-jack | card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game |
| high-low | poker in which the high and low hands split the pot |
jinks
high jinks
hijinks
high jinx | noisy and mischievous merrymaking |
technical analysis
technical analysis of stock trends | (stock exchange) analysis of past price changes in the hope of forecasting future price changes |
extravagance
prodigality
lavishness
highlife
high life | excessive spending |
treason
high treason
lese majesty | a crime that undermines the offender's government |
high technology
high tech | highly advanced technological development (especially in electronics) |
| high-angle fire | fire from a cannon that is fired at an elevation greater than that for the maximum range |
inventory
inventorying
stocktaking
stock-taking | making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand, an inventory may be necessary to see if anything is missing, they held an inventory every month |
stocktake
stock-take | an instance of stocktaking, the auditor did not attend the stocktake or check the valuations |
high fidelity
hi-fi | the reproduction of sound with little or no distortion |
| High Mass | a solemn and elaborate Mass with music |
| stock issue | (corporation law) the authorization and delivery of shares of stock for sale to the public or the shares thus offered at a particular time |
exchange
interchange | reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries), he earns his living from the interchange of currency |
| high finance | large and complex financial transactions (often used with the implication that those individuals or institutions who engage in them are unethical) |
operations
trading operations | financial transactions at a brokerage, having to do with the execution of trades and keeping customer records |
| exchange | the act of giving something in return for something received, deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable |
horse trade
horse trading | the swapping of horses (accompanied by much bargaining) |
| exchange interchange | the act of changing one thing for another thing, Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience, there was an interchange of prisoners |
rally
exchange | (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes, after a short rally Connors won the point |
livestock
stock
farm animal | any animals kept for use or profit |
stepper
high stepper | a horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground while walking or trotting |
alto relievo
alto rilievo
high relief | a sculptural relief in which forms extend out from the background to at least half their depth |
American Stock Exchange
AMEX
Curb | a stock exchange in New York |
Army High Performance Computing Research Center
AHPCRC | a United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications, a partnership of government and university and industry |
Aswan High Dam
High Dam | one of the world's largest dams on the Nile River in southern Egypt |
central
telephone exchange
exchange | a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication |
| charge-exchange accelerator | an accelerator in which high-energy ions escape from plasma following charge exchange |
commodity exchange
commodities exchange
commodities market | an exchange for buying and selling commodities for future delivery |
| corn exchange | an exchange where grains are bought and sold |
country store
general store
trading post | a retail store serving a sparsely populated region, usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise |
dress hat
high hat opera hat
silk hat
stovepipe top hat
topper
beaver | a man's hat with a tall crown, usually covered with silk or with beaver fur |
| exchange | a workplace for buying and selling, open only to members |
| floor trading floor | a large room in a exchange where the trading is done, he is a floor trader |
futures exchange
futures market
forward market | a commodity exchange where futures contracts are traded |
hi-fi
high fidelity sound system | equipment for the reproduction of sound with high fidelity |
| high altar | the main altar in a church |