Found 4 items, similar to straddle.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: straddle
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: straddle
straddle
n 1: a noncommittal or equivocal position
2: a gymnastic exercise performed with the legs straddling the
parallel bars
3: the act of sitting or standing astride [syn:
span]
4: the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or
commodity future) at a given price before a given date;
consists of an equal number of put and call options
v 1: sit or stand astride of
2: range or extend over; occupy a certain area;
“The plants
straddle the entire state” [syn:
range]
3: be noncommittal [ant:
side]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Straddle
Straddle
\Strad"dle\, v. t.
To place one leg on one side and the other on the other side
of; to stand or sit astride of; as, to straddle a fence or a
horse.
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Straddle
\Strad"dle\, n.
1. The act of standing, sitting, or walking, with the feet
far apart.
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2. The position, or the distance between the feet, of one who
straddles; as, a wide straddle.
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3. A stock option giving the holder the double privilege of a
“put” and a
“call,” i. e., securing to the buyer of
the option the right either to demand of the seller at a
certain price, within a certain time, certain securities,
or to require him to take at the same price, and within
the same time, the same securities. [Broker's Cant]
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Straddle
\Strad"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Straddled; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Straddling.] [Freq. from the root of stride.]
1. To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs
far apart.
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2. To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of
a wagon wheel where they join the hub.
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