Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• TAKE A BATH - To sustain a loss on either a speculation or an investment.
  
  
• TAKE A FLIER - To speculate on highly risky securities.
  
  
• TAKE A POSITION - To buy or sell short; that is to own or to owe some amount on an asset or derivative ...
  
  
• TAKE A POWDER - Temporarily cancel an order or indication in a stock, while unrepresented interest stil...
  
  
• TAKE A SWING - Execute a trade at a price that the trader feels is higher or more risky than would norm...
  
  
• TAKE OFF - A sharp increase in the price of a stock, or a positive movement of the market as a whole.
  
  
• TAKE THE OFFER - Buy stock by accepting a floor broker's (listed) or dealer's (OTC) offer at an agreed-...
  
  
• TAKE-AND-PAY CONTRACT - An agreement that obligates the purchaser to take any product that is offered (...
  
  
• TAKE-OUT - A cash surplus generated by the sale of one block of securities and the purchase of another,...
  
  
• TAKE-OUT FINANCING - Long-term permanent financing. In the usual large construction project, the develo...