v
To acquire a company to recruit its employees, rather than for its products or services.
n
Something that is to be acquired, especially a company that is the target of a takeover
n
Public funds set aside for a specific purpose.
n
(now only US) Proceeds; profits from business transactions.
n
A withheld payment for work which has already been completed, or which could have been completed had the employee not been prevented from doing so.
n
A gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase.
v
(transitive) To count on; to take into consideration.
n
(law) The party to a contract who receives, or agrees to receive, the property being sold.
n
Someone or something used as a leverage in negotiations.
n
Synonym of bargaining chip
n
One who commands or orders
n
One who holds a bill or acceptance.
n
A minimum acceptable result from a negotiation.
adj
(archaic or regional, West Country, Cornwall, Canada, US) Having been purchased or bought (rather than homemade).
n
(figuratively) Any place, real or imagined, where the value of a thing is settled.
v
(transitive) To provide funds, allow for in a budget.
n
A financial charge levied on the family of an executed prisoner.
n
Something which is bought; a purchase.
v
To invest as part of a group; to put one's personal stake in an investment.
n
The use of grant monies to pay for another person to perform the usual duties, especially teaching duties, of someone engaged on the funded project.
n
The act of buying land or some other commodity whose value is about to increase.
v
(transitive, finance) To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.
n
A risk, or part of one, which is transferred from one actor to another.
adv
With payment due from the recipient.
n
(video games, informal) collect-'em-up
n
A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations.
n
Alternative form of comparison shopping. [The act of comparing prices of something in advance before shopping for the best bargain]
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(chiefly US, usually in the plural) An item sold within a concession (see above) or from a concessions stand.
n
The sale of one's own goods (clothing, furniture, etc.) through a third-party vendor, in exchange for a portion of the sale price, and with the consigner retaining ownership of the goods until they are sold or abandoned.
v
To shift from hiring permanent employees to hiring temporary workers, especially those hired on a per-project basis (and thereby avoiding the need to provide legally mandated employee benefits).
n
An amount of money given toward something.
v
To engage in such a purchase.
v
(transitive) To fund (a project) by having many individuals pool their money together, usually via the Internet.
n
An agreement between parties; an arrangement.
n
(marketing) A purchase made out of necessity, rather than for pleasure.
n
(law, finance) A payment representing a fraction of the price of something being purchased, made to secure the right to continue making payments towards that purchase.
v
(transitive, finance, UK) To designate part of a pension to be payable to the holder's former spouse or partner at its time of payment.
n
(chiefly US) Money paid as a deposit to show intent to buy or to reserve an item to be purchased; especially, money accompanying an offer to buy real estate.
n
(Philippines, uncountable) A labor contracting system where workers are hired by employment agencies to work for a specific period of time until being replaced and prohibited from being re-hired.
n
(business) The practice, usually of questionable ethicality, by some professionals, such as medical doctors and lawyers, of sending a client to a second practitioner for an additional consultation in order to obtain another payment from the client or from his or her insurer, and in return for which the original practitioner receives a portion of the payment made to the second practitioner (a "commission" or "piece of the action").
n
(business) An anticompetitive practice in which the supplier of goods or services requires the purchaser to take on additional types of goods or services from the same supplier, and possibly to agree not to purchase from competitors.
n
Alternative spelling of fundraising [The process of collecting money by requesting donations from individuals and businesses.]
adj
Having received financial support; paid for.
n
An event undertaken to get money by voluntary contributions for a particular activity, such as equipment for extracurricular sports programs, or to defray laboratory costs (salaries) for research of a cure for a particular disease.
n
(business) The money earned from patrons who pay as the price of admission to an event, which is sometimes distributed as payment to the performers, athletes or other workers.
n
A charitable contribution; a collection.
n
A gift voucher entitling the bearer to a free product or service, intended to be purchased as a gift.
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(business) The practice of purchasing products and services at reduced prices on the condition that a minimum number of buyers would make the purchase.
n
A verbal commitment to a transaction.
n
(rare) Alternative form of hireage [The act of hiring something.]
n
(Britain) A method of purchasing an item, where the buyer hires it and takes possession of it and pays regular installments. Ownership is only transferred on payment of the final amount. Abbreviated as HP.
n
The system of buying and selling things via hire purchase.
adj
Alternative spelling of hire purchase
n
(UK) a basic wage paid to an employee while they are on holiday. It can be paid for as many weeks holiday as an employee is entitled to, although an employee can spread their complete holiday entitlement over the whole year.
adv
(of paying or giving) With goods or services (as opposed to cash).
adj
(payment or gift) consisting of goods or commodities (as opposed to cash)
n
(obsolete) A coming in; arrival; entrance; introduction.
v
To grant an extension to the deadline of a payment.
n
(figuratively) The supply of additional funding to a person or a business.
n
(finance) Any financial instrument issued by a company.
n
(slang) A fixed allowance paid to a legislator in lieu of reimbursement for actual expenses.
v
To make a profit from a particular activity.
n
Synonym of debt collection
adj
Open to negotiation or bargaining.
v
(transitive) To yield as profit for.
n
(law) An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation.
v
To purchase an option on something.
n
A person whose wealth consists of or was made through stock options.
v
To produce or result in revenue which will cover its costs.
n
(countable) An instance of that act; a sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services, or the transaction that conveys it.
n
Alternative spelling of pay-off [A payment.]
n
(business, marketing) A place where a product or service may be or has been purchased.
adj
(of a collective-bargaining agreement) Whereby an employer (usually in the construction industry) agrees to draw its workforce from a pool of employees dispatched by a labour union.
n
Obsolete form of price. [The cost required to gain possession of something.]
n
A deal between opposing sides in a conflict, in which each side agrees to release prisoners.
n
(uncountable) The purchasing department of a company.
n
(informal) Clipping of profit. [(accounting, economics) Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price.]
v
(intransitive, construed with from) To take advantage of, exploit, use.
n
Alternative spelling of profit à prendre [(property law) A nonpossessory interest in land which grants the legal right to enter onto another person's real property (real estate) for the purpose of taking from its soil, mines and minerals, natural produce or flora and fauna.]
n
Money set aside for a future event.
n
The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
n
(business) A commercial document issued by a buyer to a seller, indicating the type, quantities and agreed prices for products or services the seller will provide to the buyer.
n
(business) The ability of a large collective or company to negotiate more favourable prices and terms than a smaller group or company.
n
Collection or gathering, especially of money.
n
(archaic) The bill (UK) or check (US), especially at an inn or tavern.
n
The provision of resources.
n
Obsolete form of revenue. [The income returned by an investment.]
v
(transitive) To supply with revenue.
n
(finance) A fee paid by a borrower in order to defer full repayment of a loan.
n
A rebate or commission paid with goods or services, rather than cash.
v
To enter into a bargain; to agree upon the conditions of a sale or other transaction.
n
(chiefly in the plural) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures.
n
The part of the price of a subsidized good or service that is not covered by the subsidy and so must be paid by the consumer.
v
(transitive) To impose a surtax upon.
n
(idiomatic, real estate, business) An investment of labour, typically by the owner and often his or her family, usually in a small business or personal residence that increases the value of the business or residence.
v
To buy out the ownership of a business.
v
(idiomatic) To request and receive money or goods of value from members of a group, especially for a charitable purpose.
adj
On which a tallage must be paid.
adj
On which tallage must be paid.
v
(transitive) To pay tax upon.
v
to offer a payment, as at sales or auctions.
n
A deal or business agreement.
n
(mining) A certain proportion of the mined ore, or of its value, given to the miner as payment.
n
The person to whom something is sold; a purchaser.
n
The act of vending or selling; sale.
n
(derogatory) A hedge fund or private equity fund that invests in debt considered to be very weak or in imminent default. Investors profit by buying debt at a discounted price on a secondary market and then suing the debtor for a larger amount than the purchasing price.
n
(economics) The part of national income, or the income of a particular economic sector, allocated to wages (labor).
v
To work as an intermediary, making a profit from by buying and selling things, or making contracts between parties.
n
(finance) Profit earned from an investment; return on investment.
n
Alternative form of yield co [A company formed to own operating assets that produce a predictable cash flow, primarily through long-term contracts.]
n
(obsolete) Abbreviation of profit. [(accounting, economics) Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price.]
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