downtickn.

Brit.

/ˈdaʊntɪk/, U.S.

/ˈdaʊnˌtɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: down adj., tick n.³

Etymology: < down adj. + tick n.³ Compare uptick n.

Chiefly U.S.

1. A slight downward trend; a small decrease or decline in price, level, or number.

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1952 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 10 Sept. 32/6 The drop in prices uncovered considerable selling and volume built up quickly on the downtick.

1970 Star News (Pasadena, Calif.) 2 Oct. 14/1 The uptick in the wholesale price index this week after recent downticks would seem to indicate that inflation is far from whipped.

1991 USA Today (Nexis) 8 Mar. (Money section) 38 A slight downtick in unemployment could push the Dow up to 3000.

2009 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 7 Aug. 8 b Police are reporting another downtick in crime for the first half of 2009.

2011 V. S. Ramachandran Tell-tale Brain (2012) ii. 70 Your whole body..becomes damper or dryer in proportion to any upticks or downticks in your level of emotional arousal.

2. Stock Market. A transaction made at a lower price than that of the preceding transaction for the same security. Also: a stated price that is lower than that quoted for the previous sale.

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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

1954 S. M. Robbins Managing Securities v. 50 The SEC rules that a short sale may not be made below the price of the last regular-way sale (stockbrokers call this a ‘down-tick’).

1971 Operations Res. 19 850 In such a price sequence two consecutive ‘up-ticks’..cannot occur; an up-tick must be followed by either a zero-tick or a down-tick.

1987 B. T. Byrne Stock Index Futures Market vi. 101 Stock market analysts may focus on the ratio of new highs to new lows, volume figures, ratio of block trades done on upticks or downticks.., and the like.

2007 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 11 Aug. b9 From now on, speculators and investors can sell even big-cap stocks short on downticks.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	downtick
释义	downtickn. Brit. /ˈdaʊntɪk/, U.S. /ˈdaʊnˌtɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: down adj., tick n.³ Etymology: < down adj. + tick n.³ Compare uptick n. Chiefly U.S. 1. A slight downward trend; a small decrease or decline in price, level, or number. ΚΠ 1952 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 10 Sept. 32/6 The drop in prices uncovered considerable selling and volume built up quickly on the downtick. 1970 Star News (Pasadena, Calif.) 2 Oct. 14/1 The uptick in the wholesale price index this week after recent downticks would seem to indicate that inflation is far from whipped. 1991 USA Today (Nexis) 8 Mar. (Money section) 38 A slight downtick in unemployment could push the Dow up to 3000. 2009 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 7 Aug. 8 b Police are reporting another downtick in crime for the first half of 2009. 2011 V. S. Ramachandran Tell-tale Brain (2012) ii. 70 Your whole body..becomes damper or dryer in proportion to any upticks or downticks in your level of emotional arousal. 2. Stock Market. A transaction made at a lower price than that of the preceding transaction for the same security. Also: a stated price that is lower than that quoted for the previous sale. ΘΚΠ 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 1954 S. M. Robbins Managing Securities v. 50 The SEC rules that a short sale may not be made below the price of the last regular-way sale (stockbrokers call this a ‘down-tick’). 1971 Operations Res. 19 850 In such a price sequence two consecutive ‘up-ticks’..cannot occur; an up-tick must be followed by either a zero-tick or a down-tick. 1987 B. T. Byrne Stock Index Futures Market vi. 101 Stock market analysts may focus on the ratio of new highs to new lows, volume figures, ratio of block trades done on upticks or downticks.., and the like. 2007 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 11 Aug. b9 From now on, speculators and investors can sell even big-cap stocks short on downticks. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1952
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