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delist, v.
Brit. |ˌdiːˈlɪst|, U.S. |ˌdiˈlɪst|
[‹ de- prefix + list v.4 Compare slightly earlier delisting n.]
1. trans. Stock Market (orig. U.S.). To remove (a security) from the official register of those dealt with by a particular exchange, esp. because of financial irregularity. Also occas. intr.
Sometimes with the name of the company issuing the security as object.
1929N.Y. Times 2 Nov. 26/1 The companies whose stocks are involved will make formal application to have issues ‘delisted’ from the Stock Exchange. 1937Facing Tax Problems: Surv. Taxation in U.S. (20th Cent. Fund; Comm. on Taxation) xxvii. 478 Then, too, the tax might lead some closely held corporations to delist their securities. 1960Jrnl. Finance 15 320 No administrator..has any direct control over any of the procedures of an exchange or its decisions to list or de-list securities. 1972Sydney Morning Herald 26 Aug. 35/7 [The company] may be delisted from the Melbourne Stock Exchange. 2001Daily Tel. 10 Oct. 35/2 [The] shares can remain suspended for up to six months before being formally delisted. They last traded at 280p on Friday.
2. trans. To remove (a person, organization, etc.) from a list or category.
1963Times 29 May 7/2 The practice of ‘stop-listing’, ‘delisting’, and then ‘relisting’ areas can be a powerful deterrent to industrialists. 1988Country Life 25 Aug. 109/1 (caption) A listed barn at Bulmer, Essex,..had to be delisted after conversion. 1998P. Chapman 1999 Good Curry Guide 407 You are now delisted as a top 100. Indeed, you came near to a total delisting from the Guide. 2001Canad. Geogr. Mar.–Apr. 19/1 Sometimes being delisted is a good thing. The Pitt River, once deemed the most endangered river in British Columbia by the province's Outdoor Recreation Council (ORC), is now off the organization's short list.
3. trans. Business. To remove (a product) from the list of those sold by a particular shop or chain of shops, esp. because of poor sales.
1975Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 24 July 1/3 Should these two actions fail to boost sales to the required quota the wines will be delisted and vanish from liquor store shelves. 1995Independent 10 Jan. 4/2 The multiple grocery chains..dominate farmers and growers by threats to ‘de-list’, or suspend contracts, or to reject produce at the last minute. 2001Retail Newsagent 7 July 14/2 A publisher with 45% of a magazine's sales going through WHSmith Retailer should be nervous. If the title were to be delisted by the retailer, that would be the end of its days in the sun. |