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Assumption: Becoming responsible for the liabilities of another party.

Tailgating: When a broker places your order for a security, and then immediately places an order for his or her own account for the same security, the broker is tailgating. Although this practice isn’t . . . View Full Definition

Going-Concern Value: Selling stock that an investor does not own by borrowing shares from a broker. The assumption is that the price will fall. The investor then buys (covers the short) the shares at a lower pri . . . View Full Definition

Spot Reducing: A popular but false assumption that an individual can 'burn' fat only in desired areas. Fat is not reduced selectively from exercised areas, but rather from total fat stored throughout the body.

Induction: The logical assumption or process of assuming that what is true for a single specimen or example is also true for other specimens or examples of the same type. For instance, if a geologist f . . . View Full Definition

Twelfth Night: Many different Catholic congregations celebrate August 15 as a religious holiday for the Assumption of Mary. Portuguese call Mary Our Lady of Angels. Greeks may undertake a partial fast befo . . . View Full Definition

Agglutinative: (from Latin, 'glued to') In a now outdated linguistic classification, an agglutinative language was any language with complicated but (for the most part) regular derivational forms (Algeo 31 . . . View Full Definition

Stationary Wave Theory: An assumption that the basic tidal movement in the open ocean consists of a system of stationary wave oscillations, any progressive wave movement being of secondary importance except as the . . . View Full Definition

Forecasting: Most people choose the forecast year to coincide with either the January-December calendar year or the fiscal year of the business, but this is not a requirement. Depending on the forecast s . . . View Full Definition

Total Return Index: A total return index is an equity market index that’s calculated using the assumption that all of the dividends that the stocks in the index pay are reinvested in the index as a whole. Since . . . View Full Definition