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Brewer's: Buy in

(To). To collect stock by purchase; to withhold the sale of something offered at auction, because the bidding has not reached the “reserve price.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable…

Buying a Home

Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.Shopping for a Loan Your choice of a lender and type of loan will influence not only your settlement costs, but also the monthly cost…

Brewer's: Buy Off

(To). To give a person money to drop a claim or put an end to contention, or to throw up a partnership. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Buy OutBuy in A B…

Brewer's: Buy Out

(To). To redeem or ransom. Not being able to buy out his life ... Dies ere the weary sun set. Shakespeare: Comedy of Errors, i.2. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer…

Brewer's: Buy Over

(To). To induce one by a bribe to renounce his claim; to gain over by bribery. To buy over a person's head. To outbid another. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Brewer's: Buy Up

(To). To purchase stock to such an amount as to obtain a virtual monopoly, and thus command the market; to make a corner, as “to buy up corn,” etc. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable…

Aretino, Pietro

(Encyclopedia) Aretino, PietroAretino, Pietropyĕˈtrō ärātēˈnō [key], 1492–1556, Italian satirist. He led a life of adventure and wrote abusive works for hire. His derisive wit was so feared that the…

hedging

(Encyclopedia) hedging, in commerce, method by which traders use two counterbalancing investment strategies so as to minimize any losses caused by price fluctuations. It is generally used by traders…

Brewer's: Buying a Pig in a Poke

(See Pig , etc.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BuzfuzBuy Up A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…

Marlins Buy The Big One

Florida Marlins' shortstop Edgar Renteria gets a lift from teammate Gary Sheffield (r) and World Series and NLCS MVP Livan Hernandez (l) after singling in the winning run in the bottom of the…