See Also: Speculation(money)
Speculation(finance)
speculation(dictionary)
speculation(dictionary)
Goldbrick Speculation(money)
SPECULATION, contracts(law)

unclassified (iou) and speculation (oh)


unclassified (iou)



unclassified adjective. M19.
[from UN-1 + classified pa. pple of CLASSIFY.]
Not classified; spec. (a) not classified as secret; (b) (of a road) not classified by the Department of Transport, minor.
unclassifiable adjective M19.

speculation (oh)



when you guess about the possible causes or effects of something without knowing all the facts, or the guesses that you make
speculation that
::There is speculation that the president is ill.
speculation about/on
::speculation about the future
::the witness's statement was pure speculation (=not based on any facts)
wild/idle speculation
(=speculation that is unlikely to be true)
when you try to make a large profit by buying goods, property, shares etc and then selling them
::property speculation