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a person or a group purchasing and using an equity stake in a publicly traded corporation to put public pressure on its management, with the goal of effecting a change
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(business) Physical commodities or financial instruments which are traded in futures contracts.
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(finance) One who participates in arbitrage.
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(economics) A graphical representation of the relationship between unemployment and the job vacancy rate.
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Pertaining to the use of gold and silver to create legal currency.
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(economics) The use of a monetary standard based upon two different metals, traditionally gold and silver usually in a fixed ratio of values.
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(obsolete) A compact collection of things.
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An investment made jointly, especially (finance) a minority investment made directly into an operating company, alongside a sponsor or other private equity investor, in a leveraged buyout, recapitalization, or growth capital transaction.
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Anything that someone might want to collect.
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(Roman Catholicism) A book that contains the collects (type of prayer).
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An object which someone might want to collect.
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In a commercial manner: a manner pertaining to commerce.
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Obsolete spelling of commodity [Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold.]
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Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold.
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(trade) Trade relation diplomacy concerning a commodity in international markets and international trade.
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(finance, agriculture) An organization operating under a set of bylaws aimed at promoting trade in one or more commodities by providing services and rules for the conduct of trade.
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A market where raw or primary products are exchanged.
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The adoption of special legislation for specific commodities such as cotton or tobacco.
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A standard of measurement that can be used for comparing disparate things.
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A fund financed privately, for helping various local welfare agencies or charitable organisations.
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(economics) Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.
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(business, marketing, especially in plural) Goods that consumers or end-users buy; contrast with goods that are sold to businesses.
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(finance) A financial cooperative similar to a bank but owned and controlled by its members, often restricted to a local area or sometimes to a single profession.
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A patron, a client; one who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so.
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(economics) A good that brings less benefit to the consumer the more it is consumed, which may be unexpected, potentially leading to an overconsumption in the free market, e.g. tobacco.
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The impact of consumer choice on producers' decisions, based on which goods and services sell in sufficient quantities and which do not.
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A pair of monetary values, i.e. a gold standard and a silver standard, both of which are legal tender.
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(economics, often followed by for) New and increasing demand or consumer purchasing activity (for a product or service).
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(rare) Someone who collects exonumia.
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(economics, business) Acronym of finance, insurance and real estate: a class of businesses. [The management of money and other assets.]
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(obsolete) Fund, stock, or store.
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(economics, politics) A policy goal state in which all those wanting employment at the prevailing wages can find it.
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That part of the economy consisting of people who work in a transient, contract or self-employed capacity, as opposed to being permanent employees of a business.
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(economics) A monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold.
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(finance, often attributive) A set of rules describing the physical characteristics of gold and silver bars used in settlement in the wholesale London bullion market.
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(business, economics) That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed.
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(slang) A government bond.
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A bank account owned jointly by two or more persons.
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(economics) The market consisting of the supply of unemployed workers in relation to the demand for them.
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(economics) Synonym of wage share
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A company having a large market capitalization.
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(economics) Synonym of market maker
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(finance) An independent trader who acts for themselves rather than on behalf of investors.
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(marketing, sometimes capitalized) Sales made for less usual goods within a very large choice, which can return a profit through reduced marketing and distribution costs.
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(agriculture) A commodity, usually produced on farms and part of a larger category. Products within a market class have similar physical characteristics, are grown or raised under similar conditions, and are bought and sold under similar terms and conditions.
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(economics) The use or result of commercial practices by one market participant or a group of market participants (possibly with governmental assistance) that limit the access of buyers and sellers to each other.
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(finance) A publication for investors etc. giving an overview of market conditions.
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(economics) Influenced or determined by the needs and wishes of consumers.
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A type of employment characterized by short-term or piecework jobs that are part of a larger project in which the worker is not involved.
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(economics) The market in mid-priced commodities
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Synonym of invisible primary
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The use of only one metal (such as gold or silver) in the standard currency of a country, or as a standard of monetary value.
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(economics) A set of leftover goods, of a quantity less than an evenly divisible shippable unit, often sold at reduced price.
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A special fund for private and personal uses.
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(economics) An atomistic market.
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Goods which are presumed to be desired by all rational individuals.
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Obsolete form of principal. [(finance, uncountable) The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated.]
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Refers to the benefits received by a firm or consumer, as part of its economic activity.
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(economics) An item of goods, such as partly finished goods, used as an input in the production of other goods.
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Money collected or controlled by the government or taxpayers meant for public use.
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(US) A service performed for the public good, especially by a nonprofit organization but sometimes also provided by a for-profit enterprise or a trade association.
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A person or group whose job is to buy equipment, supplies, inventory, or other assets for a business or other organization.
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Products that are consumed and replaced quickly, such as food, as opposed to items that have moderate (orange goods) or long-term (yellow goods) lifespans.
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The activities involved in selling goods or services.
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(business, economics) That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed and consists of an action or work.
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(US) a government form of performance-based contracting that moves risk to industry
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(uncountable) Shared or interactive trade in financial goods and services, through primarily online means.
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(figuratively, usually derogatory) Collection of items or information of no intrinsic value.
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The principal commodity produced in a town or region.
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(finance) Someone who designs structured products.
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The ability to sell large quantities; the quality of being a supersalesman.
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(economics) In a market trade, the side where the supply comes from.
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(economics) an economic theory that attempts to explain the exchange value or price of goods and services
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Alternative form of time-sharing [The joint ownership or lease of a property by multiple people who can only use it for specified periods every year, or every other year.]
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(uncountable, UK) The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.
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Commodities of the market.
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(business, finance) A natural or legal areal monopoly distributer of a commodity (less often a service) delivered in continuous flows to multiple consumers from a common physical, infrastructural network, such as an electric company or water company; or, the securities of such a provider.
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(economics) The legal, official, or intended market for goods and services, distinguished from the black market and grey market.
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