clock v.— «Prosecutor Christopher Batty said Butt bought high-mileage cars from motor auctions and had the mileages considerably reduced enabling him to sell the cars at an inflated price, a practice known as “clocking.” He said that between...
short sale n.— «At Selling Paradise Realty, a sign seeks customers with a free list of properties facing foreclosure and “short sales,” meaning the price is less than the owner owes the bank.» —“This Is the Sound of a Bubble Bursting” by Peter S...
Chateau Migraine n.— «The director general of one of Egypt’s largest wine-makers, the Lebanese Andre Hadji-Thomas, smiles as he remembers his 1998 visit to the Gianaclis estate, put up for sale 30 years after its nationalisation by then president...
red market n.— «I would hope we can set up so-called “red markets” soon. These would be specially licensed markets to which farmers could bring animals for sale, one condition being that unsold animals could not be taken back to farms.» —“Foot-and...
wash sale n.— «If you sell, make sure you don’t run afoul of what’s known as the wash-sale rule. A wash sale happens when you sell a security at a loss and, within 30 days before or after the sale, you buy the same thing, or something...
Eastlos n.— «Desde el porche de mi chante, en mi barrio de Eastlos, Aztlán, watcho a mis carnales cruziar por los cales rumbo a sus cantones despues del jale: vatos cabuliando con sus jainas, pachucos fuliando afuera de la marketa de don Charlie...