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  2. Literal and figurative language - Wikipedia

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    Uses of figurative language, or figures of speech, can take multiple forms, such as simile, metaphor, hyperbole, and many others. [10] Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature says that figurative language can be classified in five categories: resemblance or relationship, emphasis or understatement, figures of sound, verbal games, and errors.

  3. Short-term trading - Wikipedia

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    Day trading is an extremely short-term style of trading in which all positions entered during a trading day are exited the same day. Short term trading can be risky and unpredictable due to the volatile nature of the stock market at times. Within the time frame of a day and a week many factors can have a major effect on a stock's price. Company ...

  4. Day trading - Wikipedia

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    Chart of the NASDAQ-100 between 1994 and 2004, including the dot-com bubble. Day trading is a form of speculation in securities in which a trader buys and sells a financial instrument within the same trading day, so that all positions are closed before the market closes for the trading day to avoid unmanageable risks and negative price gaps between one day's close and the next day's price at ...

  5. List of business terms - Wikipedia

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    Sing from the same hymn sheet Show a united front, or everyone understanding and saying the same thing to clientele. Table the conversation Reconvene at a later time [1] Test the water 'Put your toe' into a market to determine its temperature. Touch base To meet up with a colleague to discuss progress (from baseball) Touch base offline Meet and ...

  6. Organizational culture - Wikipedia

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    Organizational culture encompasses the shared norms, values, behaviors observed in schools, universities, not-for-profit groups, government agencies, and businesses reflecting their core values and strategic direction. [1] [2] Alternative terms include business culture, corporate culture and company culture. The term corporate culture emerged ...

  7. Pattern day trader - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, a pattern day trader is a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) designation for a stock trader who executes four or more day trades in five business days in a margin account, provided the number of day trades are more than six percent of the customer's total trading activity for that same five-day period.

  8. Same-day affirmation - Wikipedia

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    Automation as a precondition for achieving same-day affirmation [ edit ] The verification of the trade details between investment manager and broker/dealer is a key activity along the trading and post-trade process, taking place after the trade is executed and before it can be cleared and settled.

  9. Simulacrum - Wikipedia

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    Image of a real apple (left), and plastic food model apple (right). The fake apple is a simulacrum. A simulacrum (pl.: simulacra or simulacrums, from Latin simulacrum, meaning "likeness, semblance") is a representation or imitation of a person or thing. [1]