单词 | to sell by tap |
释义 | > as lemmasto sell by tap c. on (in) tap, on draught, ready for immediate consumption or use (literal and figurative); also spec. in Stock Market use, applied to securities which are the subject of a large issue. Cf. quot. 1907 at sense 1b. †to sell by tap (Scottish), to sell in small quantities, to retail (Obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > [adjective] > obtained or acquired > able to be > easily on (in) tap1483 to the fore1636 euporistical1657 push-buttona1935 on-demand1962 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adverb] > on draught on (in) tap1891 society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [adverb] > as subject of large issue on (in) tap1923 1483 Seill of Caus, Edinb. 2 May (Jam.) That no common cremaris of the toune wse to sell be tap ony hammermans work. 1862 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. ii. i. 54 Who is he that..has eloquence always on tap? 1890 R. L. Stevenson Vailima Lett. (1895) 35 The moon is on tap again. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. i. 8 There's a very pretty brew in tap at The Pure Drop. 1917 R. Kipling Diversity of Creatures 251 Then Beetle, concertinaing his books, observed to Winton, ‘When King's really on tap he's an interestin' dog.’ 1923 Westm. Gaz. 8 Jan. 4/2 It is some time since ‘additional’ Treasury Bills have been on ‘tap’ at so low a rate as..17/ 8 per cent. 1926 L. R. Robinson Investm. Trust Organization & Managem. 71 Whether the investment trust should raise its funds by keeping ‘on tap’ its offerings to the public and ‘feeding’ them out in response to demand..depends upon a number of factors. 1931 J. Greenhill in Westm. Bank Guild Lectures 1930–1 III. 105 We have not seen Bills ‘on tap’ for some considerable time past. 1935 A. Huxley Let. 5 June (1969) 396 His own left organizations in France will of course be on tap. 1958 Times 2 Oct. 3/3 Anything offered by television is on tap. 1965 J. L. Hanson Dict. Econ. 371/2 Securities are said to be on ‘tap’ when they are issued in unlimited quantities (though the amounts permitted to each individual may be restricted) and are available for purchase direct from the issuing authority at any time. 1975 J. F. Burke Death Trick (1976) v. 82 We'll look into those alibis. Meanwhile, I want you both on tap. Understand? < as lemmas |
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