Playing the market (money) and discrimination (iou)

Playing the market (money)

Definition: [crh] Trading in high, uncalculated risk usually refers to actions of amateur investors.

discrimination noun. M17.
[Late Latin discriminatio(n-), formed as DISCRIMINATE verb: see -ATION.]
The action or an act of discriminating or distinguishing; the fact or condition of being discriminated or distinguished; a distinction made. M17.
G. Stanhope A perfect Discrimination shall then be made between the Good and Bad. I. Murdoch He loves trouble, his own or Other people's without discrimination.
b. spec. The practice or an instance of discriminating against people on grounds of race, colour, sex, social status, age, etc.; an unjust or prejudicial distinction. L19.
positive discrimination: see POSITIVE adjective. reverse discrimination: see REVERSE adjective.
A. G. Gardiner No people which tolerates titles, and so deliberately sets up social discriminations in its midst. B. Schwartz A profound change..in the attitude of that tribunal [the US Supreme Court] toward racial discrimination. M. L. King The personal torment of discrimination cannot be measured. Times Employers who have cheated women of equal pay by job-grading schemes..may be taken to court for sex discrimination. G. Clare Officially there was no discrimination against Jews.
c. Psychology. The perception of a difference between two stimuli, esp. as evidenced by a different reaction to each. L19.
Something which serves to distinguish; a difference, a distinguishing mark. Now rare or obsolete. M17.
S. Johnson Where we see..the whole at once, we readily note the discriminations.
A recrimination. rare. M-L17.
The faculty of discriminating; the ability to observe accurately and make fine distinctions; perceptiveness, acuity, good judgement or taste. E19.

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