escapement n.— «Juvenile redfish, up to about four years old and 8 pounds or so, grow up in the estuaries and then join the offshore breeding stocks when they reach sexual maturity. That process is known as escapement, which is measured in terms of...
paint the tape v. phr.— «With another contemporary art auction cycle upon us, naive observers are again wondering about the huge prices engendered by hedge-fund speculation in contemporary art. How exactly is it done? The answer lies in a practice...
circuit breaker n.— «I do qualify for the circuit breaker—or as I call it, rent refund program. This state program provides refunds to primarily property taxpayers, if their taxes exceed a certain percentage of income; however, the other part of...
nine n. in a percentage between 99 and 100, a place on either side of the decimal point given a value of nine and counted in serial to indicate a number very near 100 percent, such as in measurements of reliability, accuracy, purity, etc. Editorial...
allergic salute n.— «Because of that, and an overall increase over the last decade in the percentage of people in industrialized countries suffering from all sorts of allergies, he is seeing more patients than ever giving what he calls “the...
microclimate n.— «We didn’t expect to see what I call “microclimates” in spending. Historically, companies in Europe have spent one-third of what U.S. companies spent; U.S. companies were putting money out for innovation and historically spending...
