See Also: Reproducible assets(money)
Reproducible assets(finance)
Non-reproducible assets(finance)
roller(1)(dictionary)
roller(2)(dictionary)
Roller(dictionary)
Roller(medicine)
roller(dictionary)
High Roller(casino)
roller skate(dictionary)

Reproducible assets (finance) and roller(1) (iou)


Reproducible assets (finance)


A tangible asset with physical properties that can be matched or duplicated, such as a building or machinery.





roller(1) (iou)



roller noun1 & verb. . ME.
[from ROLL verb + -ER1.]
A. noun.
I.
A hard revolving cylinder used to lessen the friction of anything passed over it; each of a set of these used to move a heavy object. ME.
b. The revolvable barrel of a winch or windlass. M17.
c. gen. Any revolving cylinder, esp. one forming part of a driving mechanism; a short cylinder serving as a wheel. M17.
A heavy, now usu. metal, cylinder fitted in a frame, used for flattening, levelling, stamping, crushing, or rolling; each of a set of these for forming metal etc. into bars or sheets; spec. (long obsolete exc. Scot. dial.) a rolling-pin. LME.
A person who rolls something; spec. (Austral.) a person who trims and rolls fleeces in a shearing shed. LME.
b. An insect which causes leaves to roll up, esp. the larva of any of various tortricid moths. M19.
c. A thief, esp. one whose victims are drugged, sleeping, or drunk. Chiefly N. Amer. slang. E20.
a. A cylindrical piece of wood, metal, or plastic, esp. one on which cloth or Other material is rolled up. M16.
b. Orig., a curl-paper. Now usu., a small metal or plastic cylinder round which the hair is rolled for curling. Usu. in pl. L18.
A revolving cylinder of some absorbent material, mounted on an axis and used to ink a forme etc. in printing or to apply paint to a flat surface. L18.
II.
More fully roller-bandage. A long surgical bandage formed into a roll for easy and firm application. LME.
b. A swaddling-band. Now arch. & dial. M17.
c. A broad padded girth for a horse. L17.
d. A roll of carded wool; a long heap of hay etc. dial. M19.
A long swelling wave, moving with a steady sweep or roll. E19.
a. In pl. The London horse and foot police patrol. slang. rare. Only in E19.
b. A police officer. US slang. M20.
A variety of tumbler pigeon. M19.
A person who rolls or sways from side to side; esp. = holy roller s.v. HOLY adjective. M19.
b. A ship that rolls. L19.
c. Baseball. A ball that rolls along the ground after being hit. L19.
A control in an aircraft for regulating roll. M20.
Phrases: high roller: see HIGH adjective, adverb, & noun. holy roller: see HOLY adjective.
Comb.: roller arena a roller-skating rink; rollerball a ball-point pen using relatively thin ink; roller bandage: see sense 6 above; roller bearing: like a ball-bearing but with small cylinders instead of balls; roller bit Oil Industry a drilling bit in which the cutting teeth are on rotating conical or circular cutters; rollerblade noun & verb (a) noun (Roller) (proprietary name for) a boot shaped like an ice-skating boot but with a set of small wheels fixed underneath, one behind the Other, for roller-skating in the manner of ice-skating; (b) verb intrans. skate on such a pair of boots; rollerblader a person who skates on Rollerblades; roller-board Music: carrying the rollers in an organ; roller-coast verb intrans. = roller-coaster (c) below; roller-coaster noun, adjective, & verb (a) noun a switchback railway at a fairground or amusement park; (b) adjective that goes up and down, or changes repeatedly or suddenly; (c) verb intrans. go up and down or change repeatedly or suddenly; roller-coat verb trans. apply (paint) with a roller; roller derby a type of speed-skating competition on roller-skates; roller disco: at which the dancers wear roller-skates; disco-dancing on roller-skates; roller drier a heated drum in which milk is dried to produce milk powder; roller-gin a cotton-gin in which cleaning is effected by rollers; roller Hockey: played on roller-skates; roller-skate noun & verb (a) noun a metal frame with four small wheels, fitted to a shoe for gliding across a hard surface; a skate with wheels instead of a blade; (b) verb intrans. move on roller-skates; roller-skater a person who roller-skates; roller steady Engineering a device consisting of two rollers which grip an article being turned on a lathe; roller-towel a towel with the ends joined, hung on a roller; roller tube Biology a tube which is continually rotated so as to moisten with nutrient solution the cells or tissue being grown in it.
b. verb trans. Form into rolls. Chiefly dial. E19.