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121back — [OE] Back goes back to a prehistoric West and North Germanic *bakam, which was represented in several pre medieval and medieval Germanic languages: Old High German bah, for example, and Old Norse bak. In most of them, however, it has been ousted… …
122Back Up — A slang term for the movement in spread, price or yield of a security, which makes it more expensive to issue. Back up is characterized by an increase in bond yields and a decrease in price. The price of a security backs up when a company finds… …
123Back-up — (1) When bond yields and prices fall, the market is said to back up. (2) When an investor swaps out of one security into another of shorter current maturity he is said to back up. The New York Times Financial Glossary …
124back up — (1) When bond yields rise and prices fall, the market is said to back up. (2) An investor who swaps out of one security into another of shorter current maturity is said to back up. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …
125back of — See back of, in back of, behind …
126back on/on to — (of a building or other structure) have its back facing or adjacent to. → back …
127back — I. n. 1. Upper part, outer part. 2. Hinder part, posterior portion, rear, end. II. a. 1. Remote, on the frontier, away from the thicker settlements. 2. Hindmost, in the rear. 3. In a backward direction. [Used as a prefix, with hyphen.] …
128Back-up — D✓Back up, Back|up [ bɛk|ap ], das oder der; s, s <englisch> (EDV Sicherungskopie) …
