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kerb(dictionary)
kerb(dictionary)
kerb crawler(dictionary)
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Market maker to market marker(finance)
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Market eye(finance)
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harp (iou) and Kerb market (finance)


harp (iou)



harp noun & verb. [h¨»:p]
[Old English hearpe = Old Saxon harpa (Dutch harp), Old High German harfa (German Harfe), Old Norse harpa, from Germanic, whence also late Latin harpa.]
A. noun.
A stringed musical instrument usu. consisting of a (roughly triangular) framework fitted with a series of strings of definite lengths, played by plucking with the fingers (esp. traditionally by those in heaven), now esp. in the form of a large vertical orchestral instrument resting on the floor and equipped with pedals to alter the pitch of the strings. OE.
Aeolian harp: see AEOLIAN 2. double harp: having two sets of strings differently tuned. Irish harp: see IRISH adjective. Jew's harp: see JEW noun. triple harp: having three sets of strings differently tuned. Welsh harp: see WELSH adjective.
attrib.: Day Lewis I..sang..to the harp accompaniment of Sidonie Goossens.
b. A representation of a harp, esp. as the national device of Ireland. M17.
c. More fully mouth-harp. A mouth-organ, a harmonica. US colloq. L19.
d. A person of Irish origin or descent. US slang. E20.
(Usu. Harp.) The constellation Lyra. M16.
Either of two Irish coins bearing the representation of a harp. Cf. HARPER noun1 2. M16-E17.
Any of various types of sieve. M17.
In full harp-shell. Any of various marine gastropods of the family Harpidae, having large ornate shells with a widely flared aperture, mainly found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. M18.
More fully harp-seal. A light grey-brown seal with distinctive dark markings, Phoca groenlandica, of the north-west Atlantic, and the Barents and White Seas. L18.
Comb.: harp-seal: see sense 6 above; harp-shell: see sense 5 above; harp-string any of the strings of a harp.
b. verb.
verb intrans. Play (on) a harp. OE.
F. O'Brien A hunchback that harped for his living about the streets.
b. verb trans. Play (notes, Music, etc.) on a harp. Now arch. rare. ME.
verb intrans. Dwell tediously on a subject in speech, Writing, etc. E16.
Carlyle Harping mainly on the religious string. E. Taylor Still harping on the money she had lent him.
verb trans. Bring out of, into, etc., a place or state by playing the harp. E16.
verb trans. Give voice to; guess. Now rare or obsolete. E17.
verb intrans. Make a sound like that of a harp. M17.

Kerb market (finance)


An unofficial market in which securities are bought and sold, e.g. when the official stock exchange is closed.