Primary Directions: Originally, a mathematically complicated system of progressing a horoscope based upon the diurnal rotation of the Earth. The term is now loosely applied to any method of advancing house cusps, but usually does not include planetary progressions.

 

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Primary Directions: Originally, a mathematically complicated system of progressing a horoscope based upon the diurnal rotation of the Earth. The term is now loosely applied to any method of advancing house cusp . . . View Full Definition

Primary Offering: Direct/Sale of a firm's newly issued shares by the firm to investors.

Primary Personal Residence: The dwelling in which a taxpayer lives and occupies most of the time.

Primary Prevention: Activities geared to a sample of the general population to prevent child abuse and neglect from occurring. Also referred to as 'universal prevention.'

Primary Process: In psychoanalytic theory, the generally unorganized mental activity characteristic of the unconscious. This activity is marked by the free discharge of energy and excitation without regard t . . . View Full Definition

Primary Mortgage Market: The mortgage market in which loans are originated and consisting of lenders such as commercial banks, savings and loan associations and mutual savings banks.

Primary Meristems: The apical meristems on the shoot and root apices in plants that produce plant primary tissues.

Primary Lenders: Originators of real estate loans including commercial banks, savings and loan associations and mutual savings banks.

Primary Macronutrients: Elements that plants require in relatively large quantities: nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.

Primary Market: If you buy stocks or bonds when they are initially offered for sale, and the money you spend goes to the issuer, you are buying in the primary market. In contrast, if you buy a security at s . . . View Full Definition