to be on the stocks

to be on the stocks
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  • The Stocks —    See Stocks Market …   Dictionary of London

  • on the stocks — adverb (or adjective) : in preparation : under construction the dramatist has a play on the stocks a frigate is on the stocks in a British yard Anthony Courtney through the years that this book has been on the stocks New Statesman & Nation * * *… …   Useful english dictionary

  • off the stocks — phrasal 1. : having been launched used of a ship 2. : completed and delivered : finished a book off the stocks a piece of work off the stocks …   Useful english dictionary

  • Little Conduit by the Stocks Market —    Erected about 1500 (S. 18). In Walbrook Ward. Removed after the Fire 1666 (Strype, ed. 1720, I. i. 28).    Strype describes it as a little postern of stone set up with a cesterne of lead inside it, 1 H. VIII. opposite the south east corner of… …   Dictionary of London

  • on the stocks — being prepared or produced There are no new deals currently on the stocks …   English dictionary

  • the stocks — [treated as sing. or plural] historical an instrument of punishment consisting of a wooden structure with holes for securing a person s feet and hands, in which criminals were locked and exposed to public ridicule or assault. → stock …   English new terms dictionary

  • Stocks — are devices used since medieval times for public humiliation, corporal punishment, and torture. The stocks are similar to the pillory and the pranger, as each consists of large, hinged, wooden boards; the difference, however, is that when a… …   Wikipedia

  • The Dogs of the Dow — is an investment strategy popularized by Michael B. O Higgins, in 1991 which proposes that an investor annually select for investment the ten Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks whose dividend is the highest fraction of their price. Proponents of …   Wikipedia

  • Stocks Market —    The City market so called occupied a large tract of ground at the junction of Coruhill, Threadneedle Street, Lombard Street and the Poultry, including not only the site of the old City market called the Stocks, but also of the church of St.… …   Dictionary of London

  • The Furies (novel) — The Furies is a historical novel written by John Jakes and originally published in 1976. It is book four in a series known as the Kent Family Chronicles or the American Bicentennial Series. The novel mixes fictional characters with actual… …   Wikipedia

  • The Gondoliers — or The King of Barataria , is a Savoy Opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It premiered at the Savoy Theatre on December 7 1889, and ran for a very successful 554 performances (at that time the fifth longest runnin …   Wikipedia


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