单词 | round turn |
释义 | round turnn.ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [noun] > changing to face different direction or turning > to opposite direction inverting1573 reverse1589 round turn1611 reversal1648 controversion1684 contraversion1706 volte-face1819 turnabout1833 about-turn1912 U-turn1915 about-face1930 U1971 heel turn1983 the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > change of opinion > [noun] change of hearta1400 change of mind1572 round turn1611 mentimutation1650 about-turn1919 changeover1920 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Revirade, a wheeling, or round turne; a backe iert. 1653 Moderate Intelligencer No. 8. 64 Many conjecture (after some little boxing about) that the English must give the Round-turn at last to degrade him. 1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 271 The round turn from sin to Christ. 1721 Applebee's Orig. Weekly Jrnl. 16 Sept. 2043/1 But French Money has had a wonderful Effect here, and given a round Turn to the affair. 2. Nautical. A tangling up of the cables in the hawse such that one cable is completely turned around the other. Cf. elbow n. 2e. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > [noun] > that which is entangled > a tangle node1572 knarl1598 snarl1609 rivel1625 ravel1634 snick-snarl1649 mare1688 harla1697 tangle1757 round turn1769 fankle1824 twist1858 twitter1876 taut1887 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine sig. Uv Each of the cables will be twisted round the other, and then directed out from the opposite bow, forming what is called a round turn. 1791 J. H. Moore Pract. Navigator (ed. 9) 265 Having gone once wrong, she makes a Cross in the Hawse, and going three Times wrong, she makes a round Turn. 1866 H. M. Bannister Jrnl. 12 Nov. in J. A. James First Sci. Explor. Russ. Amer. (1942) iv. 251 Found a round turn in the cables which prevented our going to sea this evening. 1881 L. R. Hamersly Naval Encycl. (at cited word) If from an open hawse a ship swings 180° she brings a cross in the hawse, a second half swing in the same direction makes an elbow, a third, a round turn, a fourth, a round turn and an elbow, and so on. 1958 Specimen Exam. for Merchant Marine Deck Officers (U.S. Coast Guard) 18/1 How do crosses, elbows, or round turns get into cables? 1984 J. Harland Seamanship in Age of Sail xviii. 255 (caption) Fouling hawse. A open hawse; B foul hawse; C cross in the hawse; D elbow; E round turn; F round turn and an elbow. 3. Nautical. A complete turn of a rope around another rope or an anchoring point, usually in tying something securely. See also to bring up with a round turn at Phrases. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > a turn of rope round anything hitchingc1440 round turn1794 lingtow1815 belay1908 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 182 Midshipman's-Hitch. Take a half hitch round the standing part, and a round turn above the hitch, which jambs tight. It is mostly used to make fast the sheets of sailing boats. 1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. 53 Haul well out, and take a round-turn with the earing round the cringle. 1898 S. B. Luce et al. Text-bk. Seamanship (ed. 4) App. B. 468 Pass one round turn, which will be the centre one, and heave it well taut. 1946 Mariner's Mirror 32 39 It is secured by a round turn and a blackwall which can be quickly released by a jerk on the running end. 1990 T. Cunliffe Easy on Helm v. 44 Sheet the mainsail hard in amidships and make fast, at least with a round turn. 4. Stock Market (originally U.S.). The action or an instance of buying and selling the same stock, commodity, etc., often simultaneously. Cf. round trip n. 3.Recorded earliest in compounds. 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 1901 in Treasury Decisions 28 Mar. 60 Is it intended that there shall only be paid a stamp tax of 2 cents on each $100 of the face value or fraction thereof of all stocks, bonds, or other securities covered by the ‘round turn’ transactions? 1921 J. E. Boyle Agric. Econ. xxii. 352 $6.25 for 5,000 bushels bought or sold or both bought and sold (the so-called ‘round turn’). 1964 Financial Analysts Jrnl. 20 150/2 Since there are no transfer or capital gains or other taxes on transactions, a ‘round turn’ in a bond costs what amounts to half a point. 1984 Times 28 Apr. 24/6 Floor brokers charge ¼ to ½ per cent of the value of the total contract for a complete buying / selling contract (‘round turn’) on average. 2002 G. Angell Sniper Trading v. 222 What is the justification for any trader paying above $40 per round-turn? Phrases colloquial. figurative. to bring up with a round turn and variants: to check or stop suddenly. Cf. sense 3. ΚΠ 1788 Whitehall Evening-post 2–4 Sept. To make use of a sea phrase..‘he was brought up with a round turn’; for it was impossible for him to go on. 1849 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 186/2 I was brought up with a round turn by seeing a light shining through the hazy bull's-eye in the deck where I stood. 1879 All Year Round 19 Apr. 430/2 I..pulled myself up with a round turn. ‘Nell, you foolish child,’ I thought. 1899 W. Churchill Richard Carvel xii. 123 Miss Manners brought him up with a round turn and a half hitch by relating one of your exploits. a1910 in Amer. Speech (1979) 54 99 Round turn,..‘fetched up with a round turn’. Suddenly. 1920 J. Galsworthy In Chancery ii. vi. 175 The end came swiftly on the 20th of January with a telegram... It brought him up with a round turn. 1997 F. Mulville Rescue & Recovery vi. 83 Perhaps it was right,..that I should be brought up with a round turn. Compounds General attributive (in sense 4). ΚΠ 1901‘Round turn’ transactions [see sense 4]. 1942 Jrnl. Amer. Statist. Soc. 37 347 The stock should not be bought or sold unless the probable movement is greater than the round turn cost of completing the transaction. 1981 Chicago Tribune 1 Apr. iii. 3/3 A client would be charged $90 for one round-turn trade (opening and closing position) plus a margin of $2,000. 2007 J. L. Bickford Forex Wave Theory ii. 10 Currency futures traders are charged a round-turn commission that varies from brokerage house to brokerage house. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1611 |
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