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61bear — A dealer on a stock exchange, currency market, or commodity market who expects prices to fall. A bear market is one in which a dealer is more likely to sell securities, currency, or goods than to buy them. A bear may even sell securities,… …
62Bear — An investor who believes a stock or the overall market will decline. A bear market is a prolonged period of falling stock prices, usually by 20% or more. Related: bull. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * bear bear [beə ǁ ber] noun… …
63bear up — Synonyms and related words: accost, advance, afford support, approach, appropinquate, approximate, assure, back, back up, be proof against, bear, bear down on, bear down upon, bear out, bear the brunt, bear up against, bear up under, bolster,… …
64bear — 1. to be pregnant or to give birth The standard English use makes us forget that anyone who lifts up a baby bears a child and is of child bearing age: Asses are made to bear, and so are you. (Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew,… …
65bear — 1. n. a difficult task. □ This problem is a real bear. □ This is a bear of a job. I’ll be glad when it’s over. 2. n. an ugly woman. (Derogatory.) □ Tell the old bear to hold her tongue. □ …
66bear — 1. noun /bɛə,bɛɚ/ a) A large omnivorous mammal, related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of family Ursidae, particularly of subfamily Ursinae. Bears look for over priced securities to sell… …
67bear — [OE] The two English words bear ‘carry’ and bear the animal come from completely different sources. The verb, Old English beran, goes back via Germanic *ber to Indo European *bher , which already contained the two central meaning elements that… …
68bear — I v 1.(all of animals) give birth, bring forth, lay, drop; litter, hatch, spawn, cast; foal, lamb, calve, whelp, pup, kitten. 2. produce, yield, give forth, blossom, flower, bear fruit, fructify; breed, conceive, beget, engender, germinate,… …
69bear — verb 1) she was bearing a box Syn: carry, bring, transport, move, convey, take, fetch; informal tote 2) the bag bore my name Syn: display, be marked with, show, carry …
70bear — [OE] The two English words bear ‘carry’ and bear the animal come from completely different sources. The verb, Old English beran, goes back via Germanic *ber to Indo European *bher , which already contained the two central meaning elements that… …
