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bar

bar  n.— «For second and third year associates it gets even rosier; you can easily make a bar [Wall Street slang for million] in total compensation. One of my friends recently got in at ML Canada. Nice pay! 5-figure signing bonus, and 80K...

refi

refi  n.— «The 407,000 mortage brokers/bankers…were busy processing refi applications at the end of 2002.» —by John Rubino How to Profit from the Coming Real Estate Bust Sept. 20, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued...

fukubukuro

fukubukuro  n.— «The bargains come in grab bags, called fukubukuro, or sacks of fortune. The bags used to be a traditional way for stores to unload unwanted merchandise. But now that more Japanese have money to burn, department stores are...

swankienda

swankienda
 n.— «2. The Swankienda.» —“Top 10 Names for the Letterman Estate” Late Night With David Letterman July 25, 1989. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

hawasim

hawasim  n.— «Some of his customers, he said, are hawasim, looters who took part in the rampant plundering of government buildings, banks, Iraqi army bases and businesses after the war.» —“Baghdad Real Estate Sizzles Amid...