eating

  • 51Eating Stock — The forced purchase of a security when there are insufficient buyers. Eating stock often applies to underwriters of an initial public offering (IPO), if a certain level of subscription is guaranteed but is not met. This allows the company going… …

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  • 52eating apple — UK [ˈiːtɪŋ ˌæp(ə)l] / US [ˈɪtɪŋ ˌæp(ə)l] noun [countable] Word forms eating apple : singular eating apple plural eating apples an apple that you eat raw, not a cooking apple …

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  • 53eating disorder — UK [ˈiːtɪŋ dɪsˌɔː(r)də(r)] / US [ˈɪtɪŋ dɪsˌɔrdər] noun [countable] Word forms eating disorder : singular eating disorder plural eating disorders a medical condition such as anorexia or bulimia in which someone tries to control their weight in a… …

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  • 54Eating one's own dog food — To say that a company eats its own dog food means that it uses the products that it makes. For example, Microsoft emphasizes the use of its own software products inside the company. Dogfooding is a means of conveying the company s confidence in… …

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  • 55Eating Out — Infobox Film name = Eating Out caption = Theatrical poster director = Q. Allan Brocka producer = Danielle Probst writer = Q. Allan Brocka starring = Ryan Carnes Jim Verraros Scott Lunsford Rebekah Kochan Emily Stiles music = Dominik Hauser… …

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  • 56Eating Attitudes Test — The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) is a psychological assessment used to help screen test takers for clinical or sub clinical eating disorders …

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  • 57eating disorder — mental disease that is characterized by an irregular and health threatening eating habit (i.e. anorexia, bulimia, compulsive eating) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 58eating competition — /ˈitɪŋ kɒmpətɪʃən/ (say eeting kompuhtishuhn) noun an event in the sport of competitive eating. Also, eating contest …

  • 59eating disorder — /ˈitɪŋ dɪsɔdə/ (say eeting disawduh) noun a pattern of eating which involves compulsive over eating or abstinence to such an extent that it affects one s physical and mental health …

  • 60eating one — {v. phr.} To cause someone to be angry or ill humored. * /We can t figure out what s eating Burt, but he hasn t spoken one pleasant word all day./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms