Object Relations: The emotional bonds between one person and another, as contrasted with interest in and love for the self; usually described in terms of capacity for loving and reacting appropriately to others. Melanie Klein is generally credited with founding the British object-relations school.

 

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Object Relations: The emotional bonds between one person and another, as contrasted with interest in and love for the self; usually described in terms of capacity for loving and reacting appropriately to othe . . . View Full Definition

Objective Form: A form of pronouns used as the objects of prepositions and verbs. Examples include the pronouns him, her, and them. Modern English uses a single objective form to mark what originally had be . . . View Full Definition

Price-Volume Relationship: A relationship espoused by some technical analysts that signals continuing rises or falls in security prices that are related to changes in volume traded.

Objective Correlative: An object which comes to represent an aspect of a character--e.g., Bart Simpson's skateboard representing his carefree and spontaneous lifestyle.

Objective (Mutual Funds): The fund's investment strategy category as stated in the prospectus. There are more than 20 standardized categories. E.g. Aggressive growth, balanced.

Objective: A specification of what is to be accomplished, the timeframe in which it is to be accomplished and by whom.

Principal-Agent Relationship: Occurs when one person, an agent, acts on the behalf of another person, the principal.

Put-Call Parity Relationship: The relationship between the price of a put and the price of a call on the same underlying security with the same expiration date, which prevents arbitrage opportunities. Holding the underly . . . View Full Definition

Transitional Object: An object, other than the mother, selected by an infant between 4 and 18 months of age for self-soothing and anxiety-reduction. Examples are a security blanket or a toy that helps the infant . . . View Full Definition

Vendor-Specific Objective Evidence (VSOE): A method for determining the individual value of each item within a contract in order to recognize partial revenue before the entire contract is fulfilled.