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Copy and paste a phrase into the Google search box.

Be sure to put the phrase in quotes.

Refine the search by adding "business" or "marketing" then see how often and in what context the phrase is used. The sentence you want to see will be listed in the hits; the words will be in bold.

For example: "asset stripper" "marketing" gives some of the following uses:

"to fend off an unwelcome advance from an Australian asset-stripper"

"Asset Stripper Threatens National Treasury"

Write one sentence using the word in phrase.

Finance Terms for Students

Example: Acid test

after market

All or none

Alphabet stock

ADR

angels

asset play

asset stripper

at the market

at the open

aunt Millie

to back

bad deal

bad paper

bail out (verb)

a bailout (noun)

balloon note

bankroll

barometer stock

basis points

take a bath

be flat

bear

bear hug

belly up

below book

carrying charge

Chapter 7

Chapter 11

Chinese wall

churn

circuit breakers

commercial paper

corner a market

corporate raider

cost-plus

counter(verb)

credit scoring

credit watch

crown jewels

deep-discount bond

deep pockets

dirty laundry

discount window

done deal

draw down

dress up

dual banking

earnest money

eggs in one basket

equitize

face value

flat (to be)

float a loan

frozen assets

Glass-Steagall

hedge

junk bond

leverage

LBO

liquid

long bond

long on

market to market

nest egg

on a signature basis

on the line

plastic

play the float

poison pill

Ponzi scheme