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Dictionaries RSS Feedsdouble cropping - Sardi said the Edcon deal, which was concluded last year when Bain bought the retailer for R25bn, remained SA?s biggest private equity transaction. But, said Sardi, the debt on the Edcon deal was trading at a significant discount to par value. In other words, the value of Edcon has fallen below its purchase price but Sardi said this had become something of a trend in international private equity deals and many managers were starting to do what is known as ?double cropping.? It is usually an agricultural term but in financial lingo it means that the private equity companies that invest more of the equity than the debt in a deal and are the funders of last resort, are now stepping in to buy up the debt.. ...Feed Source: feeds.feedburner.com back up the truck - The safety of these securities caused financial firms to load upon on them (?back up the truck,? in Wall Street parlance). They were considered so safe that financial firms used borrowed funds to buy more, and more, and more.. ... fish pedicure - State regulators have banned a trendy type of spa procedure known as a ?fish pedicure,? in which the spa patron places his or her feet into a bowl filled with fish, and the fish eat the dead skin and calluses off the feet.. ... shooting brake - Mercedes calls the Fascination a modern twist on a body style known in Europe as the ?shooting brake,? which, according to tradition, is a luxury coupe with the rear end of a wagon. As such, the Fascination has two side doors and not four.. ... red-out - The scope should not be advanced against resistance. ?Red-out? is the term used to describe what occurs when the tip of the scope is placed too close to the bowel wall mucosa. In this situation, the reflection of light off the vascularized tissue produces a red haze. By slightly withdrawing the scope, the endoscopist can again obtain a clear view of the bowel wall.. ... alife - Artificial life, often referred to as alife, is a very diverse field of study, encompassing simulations, computer models, robotics and biochemistry.. ... headless chicken - The advocates and supporters of the new party notion see this as a logical solution to the political quagmire the ruling party has found itself in following the populist rhetoric, demagoguery and vindictiveness of the post-Polokwane conference era. This period has seen the meteoric rise to prominence of what some people call ?headless chickens? like Julius Malema.. ... post-grafitti - The term ?Street Art? usually refers to more visual art than more traditionally text-based graffiti, though the two often overlap. This is sometimes called post-graffiti. In an effort to divorce it from its more illicit counterpart it has begun to appear legitimately in large exhibitions and public spaces worldwide.. ... Vegas throat - The singer has had to cancel several shows in recent weeks because of bronchitis. Her publicist says the condition was brought on by the dry air in the desert, along with all the heavy air conditioning in the hotels and casinos. Many refer to the condition as Vegas throat.. ... scrub-shrub habitat - Nest boxes should be made available near wetlands with a mix of open water and emergent plants (commonly called scrub-shrub habitats). This type of habitat provides food and cover needed for brood rearing.. ... knobology - Students take readily to the computerized training. Byron Hull, who manages training for the Air Route Traffic Control Centers, refers to the computer savvy of the new recruits as ?knobology,? a neologism that describes the students? ability to relate instrument controls to their function. In the future, experts predict, controllers will use more computer tools to handle more flights each shift.. ... tweening - When Disney?s artists created dancing mushrooms almost 70 years ago, they did so by drawing still pictures on dozens of celluloid pages, or ?cels.? But, Lopez and his fellow students are learning to use a computer program called Adobe Flash that uses ?paths? controlled by algebraic equations and a process called ?tweening,? to do the same thing?create the illusion of movement on the screen.. ... financial incest - While experts say the current financial crisis is a good way to discuss economics and the family budget, they also warn parents not to panic around young children who don?t understand and are powerless to do anything about it. ?It opens up an opportunity to have discussion with children,? said Rick Kahler, a financial planner and co-author of ?Facilitating Financial Tools for Financial Planners, Coaches and Therapists.? ?But you don?t want to commit ?financial incest??being alarmist and having inappropriate boundaries with kids.?. ... cutter t-shirt - Levine recalled a teen patient from a middle-class family. She was wearing what is known as a ?cutter t-shirt,? a long-sleeve t-shirt with a hole cut into the end of the sleeve to slip over the thumb and hide self-inflicted cutting on her arm.. ... Taliban union - The speculation follows much earlier talk that the ?Taliban Unions? (as the extreme left unions are affectionately known by more moderate industrial organisations) would be looking to behead Boydy at the earliest possible opportunity.. ... suicide headache - Cluster headache (CH) remains an enigma to the medical profession.?Many chronic CH sufferers eventually take their own lives?earning CH the gruesome moniker ?suicide headaches.?. ... packing for Perth - The onslaught of unsettling news has proved too much for some with the means to flee. No reliable numbers are kept on emigration, but ?packing for Perth??a phrase used to describe white flight, not necessarily to the Australian city?is believed to be on the increase.. ... zombie economy - Yuen Pau Woo was the economist responsible for Japan in Singapore?s central bank when the Japanese bubble?helped by a run-up in real estate prices that made Park Ave. co-ops look affordable?caused the world?s second biggest economy to burst. ?It became what was known as the zombie economy,? says Woo, now CEO of the Vancouver-based Asia Pacific Foundation think-tank. ?Many people look back and see that it was a mistake that they didn?t act quickly enough.?. ... wasteman - Varley, who has toured with Kano and G-Unit, has as much chance as any of them. She?s feisty as hell, dissing ?wastemen? (vernacular for playa).. ... stinkin? thinkin? - You also must accept that the enemies of private property, the radical environmental left, pretty much control Democrat policy. As the party of big, intrusive, regulatory government, Democrats regard businesses as the problem, not the solution, to almost anything. Businesses exist, seemingly, for tax revenue and social engineering. I can only hope for an intervention by those close to him, to correct what I call ?stinkin? thinkin??.. ... double cropping - Sardi said the Edcon deal, which was concluded last year when Bain bought the retailer for R25bn, remained SA?s biggest private equity transaction. But, said Sardi, the debt on the Edcon deal was trading at a significant discount to par value. In other words, the value of Edcon has fallen below its purchase price but Sardi said this had become something of a trend in international private equity deals and many managers were starting to do what is known as ?double cropping.? It is usually an agricultural term but in financial lingo it means that the private equity companies that invest more of the equity than the debt in a deal and are the funders of last resort, are now stepping in to buy up the debt.. ... back up the truck - The safety of these securities caused financial firms to load upon on them (?back up the truck,? in Wall Street parlance). They were considered so safe that financial firms used borrowed funds to buy more, and more, and more.. ... fish pedicure - State regulators have banned a trendy type of spa procedure known as a ?fish pedicure,? in which the spa patron places his or her feet into a bowl filled with fish, and the fish eat the dead skin and calluses off the feet.. ... shooting brake - Mercedes calls the Fascination a modern twist on a body style known in Europe as the ?shooting brake,? which, according to tradition, is a luxury coupe with the rear end of a wagon. As such, the Fascination has two side doors and not four.. ... red-out - The scope should not be advanced against resistance. ?Red-out? is the term used to describe what occurs when the tip of the scope is placed too close to the bowel wall mucosa. In this situation, the reflection of light off the vascularized tissue produces a red haze. By slightly withdrawing the scope, the endoscopist can again obtain a clear view of the bowel wall.. ... alife - Artificial life, often referred to as alife, is a very diverse field of study, encompassing simulations, computer models, robotics and biochemistry.. ... headless chicken - The advocates and supporters of the new party notion see this as a logical solution to the political quagmire the ruling party has found itself in following the populist rhetoric, demagoguery and vindictiveness of the post-Polokwane conference era. This period has seen the meteoric rise to prominence of what some people call ?headless chickens? like Julius Malema.. ... post-grafitti - The term ?Street Art? usually refers to more visual art than more traditionally text-based graffiti, though the two often overlap. This is sometimes called post-graffiti. In an effort to divorce it from its more illicit counterpart it has begun to appear legitimately in large exhibitions and public spaces worldwide.. ... Vegas throat - The singer has had to cancel several shows in recent weeks because of bronchitis. Her publicist says the condition was brought on by the dry air in the desert, along with all the heavy air conditioning in the hotels and casinos. Many refer to the condition as Vegas throat.. ... scrub-shrub habitat - Nest boxes should be made available near wetlands with a mix of open water and emergent plants (commonly called scrub-shrub habitats). This type of habitat provides food and cover needed for brood rearing.. ... knobology - Students take readily to the computerized training. Byron Hull, who manages training for the Air Route Traffic Control Centers, refers to the computer savvy of the new recruits as ?knobology,? a neologism that describes the students? ability to relate instrument controls to their function. In the future, experts predict, controllers will use more computer tools to handle more flights each shift.. ... tweening - When Disney?s artists created dancing mushrooms almost 70 years ago, they did so by drawing still pictures on dozens of celluloid pages, or ?cels.? But, Lopez and his fellow students are learning to use a computer program called Adobe Flash that uses ?paths? controlled by algebraic equations and a process called ?tweening,? to do the same thing?create the illusion of movement on the screen.. ... financial incest - While experts say the current financial crisis is a good way to discuss economics and the family budget, they also warn parents not to panic around young children who don?t understand and are powerless to do anything about it. ?It opens up an opportunity to have discussion with children,? said Rick Kahler, a financial planner and co-author of ?Facilitating Financial Tools for Financial Planners, Coaches and Therapists.? ?But you don?t want to commit ?financial incest??being alarmist and having inappropriate boundaries with kids.?. ... cutter t-shirt - Levine recalled a teen patient from a middle-class family. She was wearing what is known as a ?cutter t-shirt,? a long-sleeve t-shirt with a hole cut into the end of the sleeve to slip over the thumb and hide self-inflicted cutting on her arm.. ... Taliban union - The speculation follows much earlier talk that the ?Taliban Unions? (as the extreme left unions are affectionately known by more moderate industrial organisations) would be looking to behead Boydy at the earliest possible opportunity.. ... suicide headache - Cluster headache (CH) remains an enigma to the medical profession.?Many chronic CH sufferers eventually take their own lives?earning CH the gruesome moniker ?suicide headaches.?. ... packing for Perth - The onslaught of unsettling news has proved too much for some with the means to flee. No reliable numbers are kept on emigration, but ?packing for Perth??a phrase used to describe white flight, not necessarily to the Australian city?is believed to be on the increase.. ... zombie economy - Yuen Pau Woo was the economist responsible for Japan in Singapore?s central bank when the Japanese bubble?helped by a run-up in real estate prices that made Park Ave. co-ops look affordable?caused the world?s second biggest economy to burst. ?It became what was known as the zombie economy,? says Woo, now CEO of the Vancouver-based Asia Pacific Foundation think-tank. ?Many people look back and see that it was a mistake that they didn?t act quickly enough.?. ... wasteman - Varley, who has toured with Kano and G-Unit, has as much chance as any of them. She?s feisty as hell, dissing ?wastemen? (vernacular for playa).. ... stinkin? thinkin? - You also must accept that the enemies of private property, the radical environmental left, pretty much control Democrat policy. As the party of big, intrusive, regulatory government, Democrats regard businesses as the problem, not the solution, to almost anything. Businesses exist, seemingly, for tax revenue and social engineering. I can only hope for an intervention by those close to him, to correct what I call ?stinkin? thinkin??.. ... waylay: Dictionary.com Word of the Day - waylay: to ambush or accost.... Copyright © 2008, Chicago Best Price. All Rights Reserved. |