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Position diagram (finance) and escape(1) (iou)


Position diagram (finance)


Diagram showing the possible payoffs from a derivative investment.





escape(1) (iou)



escape noun. ME.
[Orig. from Old French eschap, from eschaper (see ESCAPE verb); later from the verb. Aphet. to SCAPE noun1.]
The action or an act of escaping, or the fact of having escaped, from captivity, danger, etc. ME.
Jonson What, has he made an escape! which way?
b. (A) leakage of liquid, gas, electricity, etc. L19.
Oxford English Dictionary There is an escape of gas in the kitchen.
c. The action of escaping from the gravitational force of a planet or Other celestial object. M20.
The possibility or a means of escaping; a way out; a fire-escape. LME.
N. Coward Nothing's any use. There's no escape, ever. K. Amis For many of them,..to be a priest is an escape from the poverty.
b. An outlet for liquid; esp. a sluice etc. to convey surplus water from a canal. L19.
A breaking of rules or conventions; a transgression, an (amorous) escapade. LME-L17.
b. A mistake; esp. a clerical or printer's error. L16-M19.
c. An involuntary outburst of feeling; a shaft of wit. E17-L18.
(A means of) mental or emotional distraction from the realities of life. M19.
D. W. Harding Readers who..would turn to her..for relief and escape.
A Garden plant growing wild; an animal or bird which has escaped from captivity L19.
Comb.: escape clause: specifying the conditions under which a contracting party is freed from an obligation; escape code Computing = shift code s.v. SHIFT noun 15c; escape committee a group of prisoners that plans and coordinates escapes from a prison camp etc.; escape hatch: serving as an emergency exit in a submarine, ship, aircraft, etc.; escape key Computing: that either terminates the current operating mode or changes the functions of Other keys; escape road a slip-road for the use of vehicles failing to negotiate a bend or hill; escape shaft: for the escape of miners if the ordinary shaft becomes blocked; escape speed = escape velocity below; escape valve: to allow the escape of steam etc. when the pressure gets too great; escape velocity the lowest velocity at which an unpowered body must be projected into space if it is not eventually to return by gravitational attraction; escape wheel a toothed wheel in the escapement of a watch or clock.