lock-out n.— «The price for a one-bedroom “premium” villa is less than I expect: $16,900 per week, plus several hundred more in maintenance fees. Margarita recommends, however, the “two-bedroom lock-off”—a unit that can be divided into two—for...
leave money on the table v. phr.— «The ideal offering, investment bankers say, is one that rises to a small premium. A small price rise presumably gives the initial investors confidence in the company, and also confirms the sagacity of the...
buyerwall n.— «buyerwall, n., BYE-uhr-wal: The barrier separating the non-paying web surfer from a site’s premium content. e.g.—”I’d link to that asinine editorial in the Vancouver Province, but it’s behind the buyerwall.”» —“One Damn Thing After...
full boat
n.— «Paying the full-boat premium for coverage while excercising ATP privileges is still a bargain.» —“Flying for Fun” by Jerry Eichenberger Business & Commercial Aviation Nov. 1, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
voodoo poll n.— «The telephone has made opinion polling vastly easier and faster. It has encouraged not only the carefully structured poll, which confronts a large random sample with a well-designed question, but what Robert Worcester, head of...
tast-tacular suffix— «I like the taste of purple premium myself. One time, my friends brother shot me in the goggles (Scott Intruders ) and it squeezed through the little hole in the cheek. Dripped to my mouth. Tast-tacular!» —“Re: Which Paint...