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pointer (iou) and Block (money)


pointer (iou)



pointer noun. ME.
[from POINT verb1 or (esp. sense 9) POINT noun1 + -ER1. In branch II abbreviation of point-to-pointer s.v. POINT noun1.]
I.
A person who points, or who points or points out something, as (a) a tiler; (b) a maker of tagged points or laces for fastening clothes; (c) a person who does ornamental work on the backs of gloves; (d) a person who points furs. ME.
b. A person riding at the head of a herd of cattle to keep it going in the desired direction. US. M19.
In pl. The two stars and in Ursa Major, which are nearly in a straight line with the polestar. Also occas., the two stars and in the Southern Cross, which are nearly in a line with the south celestial pole. L16.
a. A thing used to point something out; spec. a rod used to point to what is delineated or written on a map, diagram, blackboard, etc. M17.
b. The index hand or indicator of a clock, balance, gauge, or Other instrument. M17.
c. A hint, a clue; a piece of information; a suggestion. colloq. L19.
d. Computing. A variable whose value is the address of another variable. Also called link. M20.
(An animal of) any of several breeds of large gun dog which have the characteristic of pointing at game, esp. birds, with the distinctive flat-topped muzzle while standing rigidly, often with one foot raised. E18.
Nautical. In pl. Timbers sometimes fixed diagonally across a hold, to support the beams. M18.
Either of the two bullocks next to the pole in a team; fig. a schemer, a malingerer, a person who takes unfair advantage of another. Chiefly Austral. M19.
b. A rowing boat, pointed at both ends and having a shallow draught, used by loggers. Canad. E20.
Any of various pointed tools or tools used in pointing. L19.
Either of two sharks of the family Lamnidae, (in full blue pointer) the mako, Isurus oxyrinchus and (in full white pointer) the white shark, Carcharodon carcharias. L19.
With prefixed numeral: a thing having so many points, a stag having horns with so many points, as ten-pointer, fourteen-pointer, etc. L19.
II.
= point-to-pointer s.v. POINT noun1. L20.

Block (money)


Definition: Large holding of stock, usually 10,000 shares or more.

Definition: [crh] Large quantity of stock or large dollar amount of bonds held or traded. As a rule of thumb, 1Definition: 0,000 shares or more of stock and $200,000 or more worth of bonds would be described as a block.