See Also: Short short test(finance)
Short-short test(money)
Short ratio (or short interest ratio)(finance)
Short(medicine)
short cut(1)(dictionary)
Short against the box(money)
short ton(medicine)
Short(finance)
short(2)(dictionary)
Short(money)

Occam (iou) and Short against the box (money)


Occam (iou)



Occam noun. In sense 1 also Ockham. M19.
[William of Occam (d. c 1350), English scholastic philosopher.]
Occam's razor, the principle that in explaining a thing no more assumptions should be made than are necessary. Also called law of parsimony. M19.
Computing. A Programming language devised for use in parallel processing. L20.
Occamism noun the theological or philosophical doctrine of William of Occam, characterized by rejection of realism and a revival of nominalism M19.
Occamist noun a follower or adherent of William of Occam L16.

Short against the box (money)


Definition: [crh] A short sale of a stock is where the seller actually owns the stock, but does not want to close out the position.