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noun
- A part of an object which is held in the hand when used or moved, as the haft of a sword, the knob of a door, the bail of a kettle, etc.
- That of which use is made; an instrument for effecting a purpose; a tool.
- The total amount of money taken in by a business within a given period of time.
- The daily handle of a Las Vegas casino is typically millions of dollars.
- (topology) A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional balls.
- (slang) A nickname or pseudonym.
- (AU , NZ) A 10 fl oz (285 ml) glass of beer in the Northern Territory. See also pot, middy for other regional variations.
verb (handles, handling, handled)
- (intransitive) To use the hands.
- They have hands, but they not - ''Psalm 115:7
- To touch; to feel with the hand.
- Handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh - Luke 24:39
- To use or hold with the hand.
- About his altar, handling holy things - Milton
- To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield; often, to manage skillfully.
- That fellow handles his bow like a crowkeeper - Shakespeare, ''King Lear, IV-vi
- To accustom to the hand; to work upon, or take care of, with the hands.
- The hardness of the winters forces the breeders to house and their colts six months every year - Sir W. Temple
- To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell; as, a merchant handles a variety of goods, or a large stock
- To deal with; to make a business of.
- They that the law knew me not - ''Jeremiah, 2:8
- To treat; to use, well or ill.
- How wert thou handled being prisoner - Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part I, I-iv
- To manage; to control; to practice skill upon.
- You shall see how I'll her - Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, V-i
- To use or manage in writing or speaking; to treat, as a theme, an argument, or an objection.
- We will what persons are apt to envy others - Bacon
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- A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden.
- (finance) Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).
- The commodity price boom is here to stay as money flows from the investment community are expected to surge because the asset class acts as a .
verb (hedg, ing)
- To stonewall; to avoid answering question.
- Please stop hedging and just answer my question!
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- Any unregistered investment fund, often characterised by unconventional strategy, strategies (i.e., strategies other than investing long only in bonds, equity, equities or money markets).
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- A heavy release of blood within or from the body.
- We got news that Jónas died of a .
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noun
- Something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds.
verb
- (present participle of, hold)
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noun
- A company that owns enough voting stock in another firm to control management and operations by influencing or electing its board of directors
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noun home, Home office, Office
- (British) The British government department responsible for internal affairs in England and Wales; headed by the Home Secretary
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noun
- An objectification of praiseworthiness, respect. (I.e. something that represents praiseworthiness, respect.)
- The center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon.
- An ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit in bridge.
- The privilege of playing first from the tee in golf.
verb
- (transitive) To show respect for (a person).
- (transitive) To conform to, abide by, act in accordance with (an agreement, request, or the like).
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- The hospitalizing of a patient, the condition of being hospitalized, or the period a patient stays in hospital.
- insurance, Insurance that pays a patient's expenses.
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proper noun the house, House
- The House of Representatives.
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