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Double Gutter: Throwing two balls in a row into the gutter. Detrimental to high scoring.

Double Witching Day: A stock buying strategy that doubles the risk when the price moves in the opposite direction from the direcetion the investor hoped for. For example, an investor with confidence in ABC buys . . . View Full Definition

Double Wing: A formation with 2 tight ends & 2 wingbacks in which the snap is tossed by the center between his legs to the quarterback or halfback moderately deep in the backfield.

Double Up: A term used in technical analysis to refer to the rise of a stock's price, a drop, and then a rise back to the same level as the original rise.

Double Wood: Any two pins such that one is directly behind the other; i.e., the 2-8; 3-9; 1-5. Same as barmaid.

Double-Banana Plugs: Are the same as banana plugs, except the positive and negative banana connectors are both fixed in a molded housing that spaces them 3/4' apart. (These are even quicker and easier to connect . . . View Full Definition

Double-Dip Lease: An accounting methodology in which depreciation is accelerated to twice the rate of annual depreciation by the straight-line method.

Double-Declining-Balance Depreciation Method (DDB): Method of accelerated depreciation.

Double-Declining-Balance Depreciation: Describes backing of the principal and interest of a smaller municipal revenue bond the large municipal entity.

Double-Barreled: A trading day when of two related classes of options and futures expire, resulting in a variety of arbitrage strategies to close out positions.