intromissionn.
/ɪntrəʊˈmɪʃən/ The action of intromitting.
1. The action of sending, letting, or putting in; insertion, introduction; admission, admittance.
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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > [noun]
inputting1498
insertion1598
intromission1601
inserting1611
usherage1661
input1947
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] > letting in or fact of being let in
inletc1325
intromitting1508
admittance1537
intromission1601
admitty1616
inletting1660
1601 Bp. W. Barlow Def. Protestants Relig. 152 The Nouatians..denie to those that relapse..any hope of..intromission into the church.
1613 T. Jackson Eternall Truth Script. ii. xvi. §4 They draw a curtaine..least further intromission of such beames might interrupt their pleasant sleepe.
1634 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise (new ed.) i. xviii. 59 If sight be caused by intromission, or receiving in, the forme of that which is seene, contrary species or formes should be received confusedly together.
1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 519 A Moderate Intromission of Blood had well succeeded.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iv. vi. 88 For Nature..intended the..Orifice only for the intromission of Solids and Liquids.
1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 415 A tube..is open at both ends for the intromission of water.
1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 411/2 The reciprocal introduction of the organs of intromission into the vulvæ.
1883 P. Schaff tr. Herzog Encycl. Relig. Knowl. 2271 What he [Swedenborg] claims to have seen and heard during his intromission into the spiritual world.
2.
a. Intermeddling, interference: esp. in or from Scots Law, the action of intermeddling with the effects of another, the assuming of the possession and management of the property of another, either with or without legal authority; in the latter case called vicious intromission. Also, generally, the transactions of an agent or subordinate with the money of his employer or principal.
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society > law > legal possession > [noun] > assuming possession or control of another's
intromission1567
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 > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > other aspects of money dealing
intromission1567
bargain and sale1602
transferability1776
exchange control1931
ratissage1957
fix1965
money laundering1974
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > illegal use of another's property
misconverting1601
conversion1615
superintromission1670
vicious intromission1678
vicious intromission1773
the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [noun] > interference or meddling
entermetinga1325
intromeddle1524
interfering1562
meddle1602
intermeddling1611
mirding1614
interference1783
meddlinga1797
intermeddlement1836
meddlement1842
intromission1884
1567 Renunciation Mary Q. Scots (Holinshed) And be thir our letteris freelie, of our awin motiue will renuncis..all intromission and dispositioun of onie casualiteis, properties [etc.].
c1575 Balfour's Practicks (1754) 41 Ony spuilzie or wrangous intromissioun with the saidis gudis.
a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1677) ii. 33 The Monks who had been trusted..with the intromission of the rents, were charged to uplift the same.
1682 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Rights Princes (new ed.) vi. 200 Willing to discharge the Guardian for his Intromission.
1773 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. II. iii. ix. §49. 626 Vitious intromission..consists in apprehending the possession of, or using any moveable goods belonging to the deceased unwarrantably, or without the order of law.
1808 W. Tennant Indian Recreat. (ed. 2) III. 75 His duties extend to..customs and excise..as well as to the collection of the land rents. For all these intromissions, he was strictly accountable to government.
1833 Act 3 & 4 William IV c. 46 §59 Such collector and treasurer..shall..grant bond..for their intromissions, and for the just and faithful execution of their office.
1884 Contemp. Rev. Feb. 268 Keeping wisely aloof from all ill-timed intromission in the interior affairs.
b. quasi-concrete (Scots Law.) plural. Proceeds of such transactions. (Cf. earnings.)
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society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] > other types of profit
improvement?1449
mesne profitsa1558
intromissionc1650
emergencya1662
trading profit1717
building-rent1776
turn1796
sturt1850
redemption yield1921
hidden reserve1930
c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1851) II. 316 The moneyis..whiche the collectour and his deputis salbe bound to pay to them, out of the first of his intromissioun thairof.
1807–8 R. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. (at cited word) Should the intromitter be obliged to impute his intromissions to the preferable title..then all his intromissions must go to extinguish the preferable debts.
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