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The First Christmas: Obviously, refers to the birth of Jesus over 2000 years ago.

Pulling The Goalie: When a team is down by one goal and they are running out of time, they might take the goalie off the ice and replace him with an attacking player. This is known as pulling the goalie. Of cou . . . View Full Definition

Punch The Greens: Another phrase for aerate

Purchasing Power Of The Dollar: The amount of goods and services that can be exchanged for a dollar as compared with amount of a previous time period.

Pure Expectations Theory: A theory that asserts that forward rates exclusively represent the expected future rates. In other words, the entire term structure reflects the market's expectations of future short-term ra . . . View Full Definition

Pulling In Their Horns: Investors selling off positions after a stock or bond market has increased sharply or setting up hedging positions to guard against a negative turn of the market.

Pull The Rug: A hit on which a number of pins wobble for a time before falling down simultaneously, as if a rug had been pulled out from under them.

Proof Theory: This deals with the actual 'logic' of the programming. Using mathematical analysis techniques, the programming language is proof checked.

Presidential Election Cycle Theory: A theory that stock market trends can be predicted and explained by the four-year presidential election cycle.

Prosthesis: Adding an extra syllable or letters to the beginning of a word for poetic effect. Shakespeare writes in his sonnets, 'All alone, I beweep my outcast state.' He could have simply written weep . . . View Full Definition