Straddle

  • 51straddle — verb 1》 sit or stand with one leg on either side of.     ↘archaic stand, walk, or sit with one s legs wide apart. 2》 extend across both sides of. 3》 N. Amer. maintain an equivocal position regarding (a political issue). 4》 fire shots or bombs at… …

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  • 52straddle — v. a. Bestride …

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  • 53straddle — verb (T) 1 to sit or stand with your legs on either side of someone or something: Joe sat straddling the beam. 2 if something straddles a line, road, or river, part of it is on one side and part on the other side: a little town straddling the… …

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  • 54straddle — verb 1) she straddled the motorbike Syn: sit/stand astride, bestride, mount, get on 2) a mountain range straddling the border Syn: lie on both sides of, extend across, span 3) he straddled the issue of taxes …

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  • 55straddle — A cost or revenue *allocation method that provides for equal amounts in each period of time. The rationale for using a straight line basis is that the economic activity of the underlying assets or circumstances occurs at a constant level over… …

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  • 56straddle — v 1. bestride, bestraddle, get astride of, stand or sit astride; sit or stand with legs apart. 2.Informal. refrain from committing oneself, be noncommittal, waffle, hedge, sit on the fence; be vague or indefinite or ambiguous, equivocate, Inf.… …

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  • 57straddle — strad·dle …

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  • 58straddle — [ˈstræd(ə)l] verb [T] 1) to have one leg on either side of something 2) to be on both sides of something …

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  • 59straddle — [c]/ˈstrædl / (say stradl) verb (straddled, straddling) –verb (i) 1. to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart; stand or sit astride. 2. to stand wide apart, as the legs. –verb (t) 3. to walk, stand, or sit with one leg on each side of;… …

  • 60straddle —  Simultaneously selling puts and buying calls in a stock at the same STRIKE PRICE …

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