rollovern.
/ˈrəʊlˌəʊvə/, U.S. /ˈroʊlˌoʊvər/ 1.
a. An act or instance of turning over; a turning upside down; spec. an overturning of a vehicle in an accident.In quot. 1822 prob: figurative a change; an upheaval.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > a revolution or rotation
tour1477
gyre1566
circumvolution1570
twista1577
revolution1648
roll1667
rollover1817
go-round1883
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > collision or accident > the turning over of a vehicle
rollover1875
barrel roll1927
society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > aerobatics > [noun] > stunt > specific
loop1900
looping1914
barrel roll1917
falling leaf1917
renversement1918
vrille1918
slow roll1923
slow-rolling1923
aileron roll1924
flick roll1928
wing-over1928
lazy eight1930
bunt1932
aileron turn1942
victory roll1942
rollover1945
twinkle roll1962
rollback1978
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > collision or accident
car accident1834
street accident1835
accident1836
smash-up1856
car crash1877
car wreck1877
motor accident1910
wreck1912
crash1917
rollover1955
prang1959
shunt1959
1817 G. Colman Hist. Elsmere & Rosa II. ii. 46 The Doctor lay as quiet in his bed as a bottle full of good liquor; took a roll over, however, now and then, to prevent the crust sticking all on one side.
1822 Cobbett's Polit. Reg. 28 Dec. 812/1 The present race of farmers will all be ruined; the present race of landlords the same; then another race will be begun upon; and, in a few years, there will, unless a convulsion intervene, be another roll over. Nothing connected with real property can be stationary; every thing must keep on rolling over.
1840 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 3rd Ser. vii. 95 So I'll give him a roll over if you'd like to see the other side of him.
1860 E. Hull Geol. Leics. Coalfield (Mem. Geol. Surv.) vii. 39 There would appear to be a roll-over of the [coal] beds, accompanied by a fault.
1875 R. Hill & F. Hill What we saw in Austral. iv. 65 All the parts [of the bus] are very strong, and leathern curtains over the windows largely take the place of glass, the presence of which is undesirable in a break-down or roll-over.
1903 S. Jackson Jrnl. 19 Nov. in 14th Ann. Rep. Introd. Domest. Reindeer Alaska 1904 (1905) 60 It is really a wonderful thing that one does not break off arms and legs at the ‘roll overs’ one makes over these stumbling blocks in the way of every step.
1945 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 19 Mar. 2/4 (heading) Yank describes B-29 roll over in Osaka raid.
1955 Sun (Baltimore) 19 July 17/6 Crash rollovers, head on collisions and T-bone crashes.
2005 Wall St. Jrnl. 31 Jan. (Central ed.) b4/4 But rollovers continue to be a growing concern among highway-safety officials.
b. Any of various gymnastic or acrobatic movements which involve turning the body over in some way. Cf. roll n.2 6c.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > [noun] > actions or positions
vaulting1531
cross-step1728
still-vaulting1854
roll1858
trampolining1867
planche1878
handstand1890
rollover1891
trapezing1894
press1901
straddle1905
kip1909
upstart1909
headstand1915
round-off1917
neck-roll1920
undergrip1920
pike1928
swivel hips1943
thigh lift1949
overswing1955
shoulder stand1956
stand1956
floor exercise1957
squat1959
turnaround1959
salto1972
Tsukahara1972
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > acrobatic performance > [noun] > acrobat > specific manoeuvre
rollover1891
1891 A. F. Jenkin Gymnastics iv. 235 You may do a roll over from the double shoulder-stand, and do a back-up.
1950 Dance Mag. Dec. 35/2 Her ‘dance’ included back~bends, cartwheels, splits and ‘four successive rollovers’.
c1973 J. Cholerton Adv. Acrobatic Tricks & Dances (Assoc. Amer. Tap Dancing) 11 Two backward rollovers, two nip-ups (to left), to centre.
2006 R. Isacowitz Pilates iv. 64 Flexion of the back..achieved by employing deep abdominal contraction, should facilitate the roll-over.
2.
a. The fact or process of transferring something to a new system, period, etc.; transition, extension. Also: an instance of this. Frequently attributive.
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the world > movement > transference > [noun]
translationc1384
remevement1437
translatingc1454
transferring1573
remove1582
transplantation1606
transactiona1608
removal1610
transumption1615
transduction1656
diabasis1672
transference1766
transfer1785
transferrala1790
transplanting1790
takeover1909
rollover1941
1941 B.B.C. Gloss. of Broadcasting Terms 29 Roll-over, transition..from one schedule of short-wave transmissions to another.
1979 Aviation Week & Space Technol. (Nexis) 9 Apr. 21 Laker's current certificate does not permit the airline to make advance reservations except on a rollover basis for the next available flight.
1987 Middle East Contemp. Surv. 11 284 The roll over of the existing quotas covered 12 countries.
1999 Wired Jan. 163/3 We decided to get a rollover to voicemail instead of call waiting.
2008 SportsLink (Nexis) 4 Jan. Baldwin's contract is a three-year deal with two rollover years.
b. Economics and Finance. The extension of a maturing debt or other financial relationship; an issue of new stock to replace maturing stock. Frequently attributive (see Compounds 1b).
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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 > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > stock > types of
joint stock1615
fancya1652
water stock1675
Bank stock1694
India stock1702
government stock1734
inscription1800
gas stock1820
railway stock1836
common stock1852
floater1871
blue chip1874
trunks1892
traction1896
omnium1902
mummy1903
motors1908
rollover1947
blue-chipper1953
red chip1968
large-cap1982
small cap1984
1947 Amer. Econ. Rev. 37 349 Sales of long-term 2½ per cent bonds—with rollover removed—to institutional investors.
1958 Washington Post 6 Nov. a18/1 We have..a roll-over, something in the order of $23 billion worth of short-term notes, I think four times, certainly three.
1976 N.Y. Times 21 Jan. 36/2 (advt.) You'll find it's a lot easier to buy Dreyfus Liquid Assets. There's no paperwork, no worrying about maturity dates, roll-overs, safe-keeping or delivery—and there's no sales charge.
1992 E. P. Davis Debt, Financial Fragility, & Systematic Risk (1995) vii. 231 Banks were misled by the short maturities of their loans into believing that they could always reduce or eliminate their exposures at the next rollover date.
2009 Australian (Nexis) 23 Jan. 19 The commercial and residential developer also..renegotiated with its banks on the rollover of about a $1.1 billion debt facility due to expire in June this year.
c. Economics and Finance. The transfer of an investment; spec. the reinvestment of money realized on the maturing of stocks, securities, etc. Also: an instance of this.
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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
1961 Jrnl. Finance 16 291 This figure is less meaningful from a capital-market standpoint because it is inflated by the rollover of short-term and temporary holdings.
1972 Times 27 June (Tokyo Suppl.) p. v/4 The Japanese phrase ‘circular-buying’ covers the roll-over of speculative funds from one sector to another.
1984 J. D. Schwager Compl. Guide. Futures Markets xxv. 372 Figures 25.2 and 25.3 illustrate a hypothetical rollover of the short position to the March 1982 contract at the end of August 1981.
2000 N.Y. Times 29 Nov. w14/1 (advt.) We can develop acceptable levels of return in markets where we have a presence and where there's a fair amount of rollover in the next two or three years.
d. In a lottery: the carrying over of prize money (typically a jackpot which has not been won) from one draw to the next; an accumulated jackpot formed in this way; a lottery draw with such a jackpot. Hence also: a cumulative prize fund in a quiz show, etc.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > lottery or raffle > [noun] > prize
lot1567
prize1567
welcome1567
lotterya1616
benefit1694
tern1856
rollover1981
1981 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. 19 July b3/4 (heading) Lottery jackpot rollover close to $4 million... The Lotto 47 jackpot went unclaimed..and will offer at least $4 million in the next drawing.
1994 Times 5 Dec. 3/2 Although eight second-prize winners each won £265,637, the jackpot went unclaimed and the rollover is almost certain to stimulate even bigger interest in next Saturday's draw.
1997 Daily Mail 27 Mar. 31/1 Saturday's National Lottery draw will be a rollover after no one matched the six winning numbers in last night's draw.
2001 Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Electronic ed.) 13 Apr. 4 Olmstead..won $1 million plus $1.18 million in rollover prize money that had been building since January. The former college professor..seemed to breeze through the questions.
2008 D. Carbin Thanks for Nothing, Nick Maxwell vi. 104 You've won the Lotto jackpot. Which was a rollover.
3. Computing.
a. A facility which enables a keyboard to register keystrokes correctly despite a key from a previous keystroke remaining depressed, allowing rapid typing, and the use of modifying keys (such as ‘shift’, ‘control’, etc.).Frequently with the number of keys that can be depressed in a single sequence indicated, as two-key rollover or (if any number of keys can be depressed in this way) n-key rollover.
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1972 Electronics & Power May 164/2 2-key rollover acceptance is becoming a minimum requirement on data-processing keyboards... A multikey rollover facility gives a definite operating advantage.
1976 I. Jones in D. Glover Visual Display Units & their Applic. ii. 53 The encoding logic must also include exclusion circuits which determine..whether two-key rollover or N-key rollover is permitted.
1984 Byte July 338/1 Electronic keyboards with n-key rollover allow you to go into really high gear when typing familiar combinations such as ‘tion’ and ‘ing’.
1990 Computer Lang. Oct. 18/1 The trend today is to resolve rollovers electronically.
1999 Electronics Times (Nexis) 28 June 44 The devices support n-key rollover mode for touch typing and two-key inhibit mode for single hand input.
b. A button or other element of a web page or graphical interface which visually changes when the pointer is moved on to it, typically to indicate that the element can be clicked on to activate a function (e.g. a hyperlink). Frequently attributive.
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1993 in SGI graphics FAQ in comp.sys.sgi.misc (Usenet newsgroup) 5 Nov. 1995 Choose ‘Font Names’ from the Customization rollover menu in the Toolchest.
2002 Network World 27 May 48/2 Question the value of every image, rollover effect or multimedia element before including it.
2009 J. Lowery Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 Bible xxiv. 865 The rollover is a fairly common but effective Web technique to indicate interactivity.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a. In sense 1a.
rollover accident n.
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1951 Pop. Sci. May 88/2 It had the convertible's traditional drawback of little or no protection for the passengers in a roll-over accident.
2002 Organization Sci. 13 447/1 In the case of a rollover accident, these valves cut off the flow of gas to the engine compartment to reduce the likelihood of fire.
rollover protection n.
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1966 Wall St. Jrnl. 3 Nov. 3/2 The latest auto-safety proposals cover: Head rests, roll-over protection; tires and rims; [etc.].
2008 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 2 Aug. 15 The body features reinforcements in the A-pillar and across the rear for rollover protection.
b. In sense 2b.
rollover facility n.
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1973 Times 4 July 23/1 A loan package worth $150m has been arranged..to help finance Algeria's four-year development plan. Together they have provided a $130m rollover facility.
2005 A. Hoda & A. Gulati in S. C. Babu & A. Gulati Ec. Reforms & Food Security v. 135 India must be steadfast in supporting the elimination of export subsidies that are scheduled in the specific commitments and ask that no rollover facility be permitted.
C2.
rollover bar n. = roll bar n. at roll n.2 Compounds.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > frame or chassis > protection if vehicle overturns
roll bar1948
rollover bar1951
1951 Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, Mississippi) 1 July 8/5 All [stock] cars must have safety belts, roll over bars, safety belts and crash helmets must be worn.
1996 New Scientist 6 Jan. 5/2 Their ideas of road safety, she says, revolve around technologies such as airbags and rollover bars.
rollover contract n. (a) a contract relating to a rollover (sense 2b); (b) a contract that is automatically renewed unless terminated by one of the parties before the renewal date.
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1973 P. Einzig Roll-over Credits xv. 102 At the time of writing there is a complete lack of standardisation in the terms of roll-over contracts.
1977 Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) 14 Apr. 22/4 Giandomenico's current three-year ‘roll-over’ contract..would be changed to a two-year contract.
1996 Australian (Nexis) 29 May MLC has embarked on an ambitious program to upgrade its old superannuation and rollover contracts.
2001 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 10 Dec. d8/2 O'Leary signed a six-year rollover contract worth about $1.1 million a year.
rollover contribution n. North American Finance a contribution made to a pension or similar savings plan by transferring a lump sum from another plan.
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1976 National Observer (U.S.) 3 July 9/1 In such a situation the transfer of funds is treated as a ‘roll-over contribution’.
1990 Washington Post 21 Jan. k12/1 (advt.) Employee Benefits Duties such as:..Processing and tracking of all 401(k) enrollments and changes, rollover contributions, distributions and hardship withdrawals.
2003 W. Reichenstein & W. W. Jennings Integrating Investm. & Tax Code ii. 15 Withdrawals come first from the regular annual contributions and then from rollover contributions.
rollover credit n. Finance (chiefly in plural) a line of credit for which interest rates are adjusted at fixed intervals with reference to the market rate.
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1970 Times 30 Apr. 28/2 There is the growing concern that perhaps the condition of the borrowers is not always examined as closely as might be desirable, especially as many of these roll over credits are given without any security whatsoever.
1973 P. Einzig Roll-over Credits i. 3 One of the most important changes has been the evolution..of the system of roll-over credits—medium term credits with variable interest rates which are adjusted at fixed intervals to changes in the current market rates for short-term credits.
2008 L. Oxelheim & C. Wihloborg Corporate Decision-making with Macroecon. Uncertainty iii. 54 One response to high inflation uncertainty has been to increase the use of roll-over credits and flexible interest..loans.
rollover provision n. Finance (chiefly North American) a provision allowing for the deferral of capital gains tax on the sale of a capital asset if the capital gain is reinvested within a set period of time.
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1961 Michigan Law Rev. 59 938 The difficulties involved in solution of the lock-in problem, among other things, have led a number of authors to propose a ‘rollover’ provision for capital assets, whereby gain would not be recognized and basis would be carried over if the funds received from sale of a capital asset were reinvested within a certain time.
1974 Daily Tel. 27 Apr. 21/2 The Bill also makes it clear that it will not be possible to ‘roll over’ the development gain tax element on a capital gain... Some developers had been hoping that the ‘roll over’ provisions would have been extended to the new tax.
2007 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 15 Oct. b4 The rollover provisions are not available to land held as inventory... The gain on the sale would be taxable as regular income.
rollover relief n. Finance relief from the payment of capital gains tax on the sale of a capital asset.Not in North American use.
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1972 Times 29 June 10/7 Mr Patrick Jenkin, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, said he thought it was right that this ‘roll over’ relief to non-profit making professional bodies should be written into the tax system.
1973 Scotsman 12 Jan. 6/2 Changes in capital gains tax should give either tapering relief on gifts or, if this is rejected, roll-over relief provisions on gifts.
1987 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 16 Oct. A businessman upgrading his factory and moving to a new and bigger one would pay capital gains tax on the sale of the old one with no rollover relief.
2002 Which? Tax Saving Guide 49/3 If you are replacing some types of assets (including property) used in your trading business, ‘roll-over relief’ allows you to put off paying any capital gains tax.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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