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Can Of Corn: A high, easy-to-catch, fly ball hit to the outfield (also known as a Can of Peas).

Paper Profit (Or Loss): If you own an asset that increases in value, any increase in value is a paper profit, or unrealized gain. If you sell the asset for more than you paid to buy it, your paper profit becomes an . . . View Full Definition

Pan And Scan: A method used to crop the picture frame of the original source material produced in a 'wide-screen' format, (any format wider than NTSC-analog's 4:3 aspect ratio) so it will fit a convention . . . View Full Definition

Pairoff: A buyback to offset and effectively liquidate a prior sale of securities.

Paired Off: Used for listed equity securities. Matched buy and sell market orders, usually pertaining to the pre-opening market picture in a stock, or MOC orders (especially relating to futures/options . . . View Full Definition

Par Value Of Currency: The official exchange rate between two countries' currencies.

Parchment Coffee: Describes wet-processed coffee shipped with the dried parchment skin still adhering to the bean. The parchment is removed prior to roasting, a step called milling.

Part Of The Building: An expression used to describe a standing single pin after an apparent perfect hit.

Part Of Fortune: The Arabian Part most commonly used by western astrologers. Calculated by subtracting the Sun's position from the sum of the Ascendant's and Moon's positions, the degree occupied by the Part . . . View Full Definition

Part Of Building, (Hit): Get 7 or 10 pin only. Hit corner pin with first ball.