- pump prices
- pump prices npl (of petrol) prix m à la pompe.
Big English-French dictionary. 2003.
Big English-French dictionary. 2003.
Pump and dump — is a form of microcap fraud that involves artificially inflating the price of a stock through false and misleading positive statements, in order to sell the cheaply purchased stock at a higher price. Once the operators of the scheme dump their… … Wikipedia
pump — pump1 [ pʌmp ] noun count ** 1. ) a piece of equipment for making a liquid or gas move into or out of something: an air/a fuel pump a hand/foot pump (=one that you work with your hand or foot) 2. ) usually plural a plain woman s shoe that has a… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pump sth up — UK US pump sth up Phrasal Verb with pump({{}}/pʌmp/ verb [I or T] ► to increase the price or the amount of something: »For corporations these measures can reduce costs and pump up the bottom line. »They have simply pumped up prices to cover the… … Financial and business terms
pump up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms pump up : present tense I/you/we/they pump up he/she/it pumps up present participle pumping up past tense pumped up past participle pumped up 1) to fill something with air using a pump My bicycle tyres need… … English dictionary
pump and dump — v. When a stockbroker, analyst, or shareholder encourages investors to buy a particular stock in an effort to raise its share price, and then to sell what he owns of the stock at the higher price. Example Citation: Some of the promoters charged… … New words
pump-and-dump scheme — noun an illegal scheme for making money by manipulating stock prices; the schemer persuades other people to buy the stock and then sells it himself as soon as the price of the stock rises • Hypernyms: ↑contrivance, ↑stratagem, ↑dodge … Useful english dictionary
Natural gas prices — at the Henry Hub in US Dollars per MBtu for the 2000 2010 decade. Natural gas prices, as with other commodity prices, are mainly driven by supply and demand fundamentals. However, natural gas prices may also be linked to the price of crude oil… … Wikipedia
An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump — Infobox Painting title=An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump artist=Joseph Wright of Derby year=1768 type=Oil on canvas height=183 width=244 height inch=72 width inch =94½ museum = National Gallery city = London, England An Experiment on a Bird … Wikipedia
at the pump — (also at the pumps) US informal : at the places where customers buy gasoline for their cars Prices are higher at the pump. [=gas prices are higher] Expect long lines at the pumps this weekend. [=expect long lines at gas stations this weekend] • • … Useful english dictionary
at the pump — ► TRANSPORT used to refer to the cost of fuel for cars when sold to the public: »The dramatic drop in oil prices was not immediately reflected at the pump. Main Entry: ↑pump … Financial and business terms
To fetch a pump — Fetch Fetch (f[e^]ch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fetched} 2; p. pr. & vb. n.. {Fetching}.] [OE. fecchen, AS. feccan, perh. the same word as fetian; or cf. facian to wish to get, OFries. faka to prepare. [root]77. Cf. {Fet}, v. t.] 1. To bear… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English