The act or practice of playing games for stakes or wagers; gambling; theplaying at any game of hazard. An agreement between two or more persons to playtogether at a game […]
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GAMMA
Rate of option delta changes to the price change of an underlying asset . Positive gamma means the trading position has positive convexity . Positive convexity means an increase in […]
GAMMA HEDGE
A HEDGE technique used primarily to manage or neutralize the effects of NEGATIVE GAMMA , which can create large losses if markets move sharply and quickly before DELTA HEDGES can […]
GANANCIAL PROPERTY
In Spanish law. A species of community in property enjoyedby husband and wife, the property being divisible between them equally on a dissolutionof the marriage. 1 Burge, Confl. Law, 418. […]
GANANCIAS
In Spanish law. Gains or profits resulting from the employment ofproperty held by husband and wife in common. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit. 7, c. 5.
GANG-WEEK
The time when the bounds of the parish are lustrated or gone over bythe parish officers,
GANGIATORI
Officers In ancient times whose business it was to examine weightsand measures. Skene.
GANTELOPE
(pronounced “gauntlett.”) A military punishment, in which the criminalrunning between the ranks receives a lash from each man. Enc. Lond. This was called”running the gauntlett.”
GANTT CHART
A bar chart showing duration. Typically used for scheduled and completed work over a period. Invented in 1917 by US engineer- scientific management pioneer, Henry L. Gantt (1861-1919). The chart’s […]
GAOL
A prison for temporary confinement ; a Jail; a place for the confinement ofoffenders against the law.There is said to be a distinction between “gaol” and “prison;” the former being […]
GAOL DELIVERY
In criminal law . The delivery or clearing of a gaol of the prisoners confined therein, by trying them.In popular speech, the clearing of a gaol by the escape of […]
GAP
Unfilled difference. In project planning and scheduling, resources needed unmet by resources available cause a gap.
GAP ANALYSIS
The action taken to identify one or more gaps. Helps in replanning and taking needed steps achieve the wanted, successful project completion. Known also as need gap analysis , needs […]
Gap Insurance
Also called Loan/Lease Payoff Coverage , Gap Insurance covers the difference between how much an insurer will pay on a lost, stolen, or totalled vehicle, and how much the insured […]
GAP MANAGEMENT
Control applied over the mitigation of identified gaps. Assets and liabilities are weighed and compared before commitment. Investment gain prediction is essential to balance added investment or added interest of […]
GAP OPENING
Area between the price of the first trade of the day if over the previous day’s high or if under the previous day’s low. Refer to Gap; Breakaway Gap ; […]
GAP PERIOD
Duration for calculating total earnings on excess deferral distributions from Roth IRA and relevant 401(k) plans. Typically occurs between a distribution date and a calendar segment end date, quarterly or […]
GAP RATIO
Calculated as the worth of a company’s short-term investments against short-term expenses. Measures recognized profit at investment due-date.
GAPPING
The process of deliberately mismatching ASSETS and LIABILITIES in order to take advantage of an anticipated change in INTEREST RATES. Although gapping has the potential of generating greater returns, it […]
GARAGE COVERAGE FORM
Auto repair shops, dealerships, or garages, any business’s commercial coverage for multiple automobiles on their premises.
GARAGE KEEPERS’ LEGAL LIABILITY INSURANCE
Like bailee’s insurance as it covers damages and liability on vehicles in the care or custody of a garage owner.
Garaging Location
The place where a car is usually stored, such as a home’s garage, when it is not in use.
GARANDIA, or GARANTIA
A warranty. Spelman.
GARANTIE
In French law . This word corresponds to warranty or covenants for titlein English law. In the case of a sale this garantie extends to two things: (1) Peacefulpossession of […]
GARATHINX
In old Lombardic law. A gift; a free or absolute gift; a gift of tbe whole of a thing. Spelman.