corneringn.
/ˈkɔːnərɪŋ/ 1. Acting or dealing in a corner.
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1809 M. Edgeworth Manœuvring i, in Tales Fashionable Life III. 14 Take care..of her asides, and her whisperings, and her cornerings.
2. Commerce. The action of making a ‘corner’: see corner v. 4. Also attributive.
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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > specific operations or arrangements
intromission1567
hedginga1631
retiring1681
partnership1704
put1718
time bargain1720
bargain for time1721
option1746
call1825
put and call1826
cornering1841
corner1853
raid1866
pooling1871
squeeze1872
call option1874
recapitalization1874
short squeeze1877
split-up1878
margin call1888
pyramid1888
profit taking1891
pyramiding1895
underwriting1895
melon-cutting1900
round turn1901
market-making1902
put-through1902
put and take1921
round trip1922
put and take1929
leverage1931
split-down1932
switching1932
give-up1934
mark to market1938
recap1940
rollover1947
downtick1954
stock split1955
traded option1955
leg1959
stock splitting1959
rollover1961
split1972
spread betting1972
unitization1974
marking-to-market1981
swap1982
telebroking1984
society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > specific operations or arrangements > disreputable
poison pill1653
rig1826
cornering1841
wash-sale1848
washing1849
market-rigging1851
corner1853
watering1868
wreck1876
manipulation1888
wash1891
market mongering1901
matched orders1903
grey market1933
bond washing1937
warehousing1971
bed-and-breakfasting1974
dawn raid1980
1841 Week in Wall St. 27 No cornering, I hope.
1845 C. Mathews Various Writings I. 135 They would no doubt have reached a high standing in the practice of what is called cornering.
a1860 N.Y. Jrnl. Comm. The remarkable fluctuations in the stock-market are chiefly the result of a successful cornering operation.
1881 Standard 14 Sept. 4/7 The iniquitous system of ‘Cornering’ which has crept into the [cotton] trade.
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Aug. 5/2 Bonds to bearer are not..a promising subject for cornerings.
3. The action of going round a corner. Also attributive.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > movement of vehicles > [noun] > going round corner
cornering1924
1924 Cape Argus 29 Mar. (Mag.) The car with the splayed spring has definitely shown itself to be markedly steady on the road. Particularly is this the case with respect to cornering.
1928 Times 2 July 6/7 Kaye Don got ahead thanks to brilliant cornering.
1935 Discovery Oct. 293/2 The marked difference in mechanical control over cornering..should be a salutary warning to careless drivers.
1959 ‘Motor’ Man. (ed. 36) v. 148 If the tyres are normally ideally loaded, weight transference, by increasing the load on one and reducing it on the other, will reduce the ‘cornering power’ of the two as a pair.
4. The action of cutting off corners. Also attributive.
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1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. Cornering Machine, a machine for rounding off the corners of stuff; especially used in implement and carriage work.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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