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trader

trader. 1. A merchant; a retailer; one who buys goods to sell them at a profit. 2. One who sells goods substantially in the form in which they are bought; one who has not converted them into another form of property by skill and labor. 3. One who, as a member of a stock exchange,

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cash market

cash market 现货市场;现金交易 在现货市场或即期市场上进行的一种交易,买卖双方自由交易,当发生商品交割即商品所有权或所有权凭证从卖方转移至买方时,买方须立即付款,与期货市场〔future market〕相对。 (→futures market; spot market)

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hedge

hedge, vb. To use two compensating or offsetting transactions to ensure a position of breaking even; to make advance arrangements to safeguard oneself from loss on an investment, speculation, or bet, as when a buyer of commodities insures against unfavorable price changes by buying in advance at a fixed rate for later delivery. [Cases: Commodity

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leverage contract

leverage contract 〈美〉合约买卖合同 指就买入或卖出将来交付合约而达成的协议,该合约规定以某种标准单位或数量,并以某种特定价格而在将来交付某种特定的商品,通常是金、银或其他贵重金属。它的运行方式与期货合同〔futures contract〕非常相似,除了没有指定的合约交易市场。期货交易市场为期货合同制定统一的条款,而合约买卖合同条款则由交易商单独确定,且不保证存在回购市场,也不保证继续交易或充当买方经纪人。此外,合约买卖合同被禁止适用于农产品交易。 (→futures contract)

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corner

corner, n. 1. The common end of two survey lines; an angle made by two boundary lines. [Cases: Boundaries 7. C.J.S. Boundaries §§ 10–13.] existent corner. A corner whose location can be verified by an original landmark, a surveyor’s field notes, or other reliable evidence. lost corner. A point in a land description, such as

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tax straddle rule

tax-straddle rule. A rule preventing undue deferral of tax on income or conversion of ordinary income or short-term capital gain into long-term capital gain by disallowing the premature deduction of a loss on sale or disposition of one leg of a straddle position (e.g., a promise to sell offset by a promise to buy, such

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