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Primary Delusion: delusion arriving fully formed without any discernable connection with previous events

Primary Meristems: The apical meristems on the shoot and root apices in plants that produce plant primary tissues.

Primary Market: If you buy stocks or bonds when they are initially offered for sale, and the money you spend goes to the issuer, you are buying in the primary market. In contrast, if you buy a security at s . . . View Full Definition

Primary Mortgage Market: The mortgage market in which loans are originated and consisting of lenders such as commercial banks, savings and loan associations and mutual savings banks.

Primary Offering: Direct/Sale of a firm's newly issued shares by the firm to investors.

Primary Personal Residence: The dwelling in which a taxpayer lives and occupies most of the time.

Primary Macronutrients: Elements that plants require in relatively large quantities: nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.

Primary Key: A set of one or more values in a database that uniquely identifies a record in a table.

Primary Financial Statements: The balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows, used by external groups to assess a company's economic standing.

Primary Earnings Per (Common) Share: Earnings available for the payment of dividends to common stockholders divided by the number of common shares outstanding.