algo n.— «Powerful algorithms—“algos,” in industry parlance—execute millions of orders a second and scan dozens of public and private marketplaces simultaneously. They can spot trends before other investors can blink, changing orders and...
earn out v. phr.— «Consider the advance system, whereby a publisher pays an author a nonreturnable up-front fee for a book. If the book doesn’t “earn out,” in the industry parlance, the publisher simply eats the cost...
hit a number v. phr.— «Inserra knows how intense the pressure to inflate values can get. Three years ago, he found himself battling one of his largest clients. The bank’s senior vice president in charge of mortgage lending tried to get...
rack inversion n.— «Independent station owners have been paying higher wholesale prices for gasoline than branded dealers—a situation known in industry parlance as a “rack inversion.”» —“Pump pain hits independents” by...
interiorscaping n.— «She knows, from experience, that office landscaping—”interiorscaping” in industry parlance—can be liberating for the soul and, as a growing body of research suggests, healthier for mind and body...
hyphenate n.— «Writers are free to negotiate for higher pay, and people who produce or co-produce—called “hyphenates” in industry parlance—earn more.» —“Reality Shows on Tap if Writers Strike” by Lynn Elber...