BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Tick
- the least amount by which a value such as the price of a stock or a rate of interest can rise or fall. This could be, for example, an eighth of a dollar or a hundredth of a percentage point.
Wiktionary Definition for: Tick
- cattag fauna A tiny woodland arthropod of the order Acarina.
- UK a mark ( unicode âœ" ) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement; checkmark
- Ex:''Indicate that you are willing to receive marketing material by putting a '''tick''' in the box''
- sheet that wraps around a mattress.
- A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.
- Ex: ''The steady '''tick''' of the clock provided a comforting background for the conversation.''
- trading The minimum increment in which prices are quoted for a given instrument.
- Ex: ''At midday, the long bond is up a '''tick'''.''
- colloquial A short period of time, particularly a second.
- Ex: ''I'll be back in a '''tick'''.''
- To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock.
- To make a tick mark.
- #tick#English tick (quiet but sharp sound).
Additional Resources
- Buying Sentiment Stalls Out: A Look at the Cumulative NYSE Tick
- Brett Steenbarger submits: Here we see the Cumulative NYSE TICK from July 1st through Thursday. Recall that the NYSE TICK measures the number of NYSE stocks trading on upticks minus those trading on downticks. This gives us a relative sense for buying vs. selling pressure across the broad range...
- External links 2008-09-04
- Tick, Tock, Tick Tock ... How Are You Spending Your Time?
- Tick, tock, tick, tock? How are you spending your time? As we all know, time is money! It is important that we focus on this occasionally to define how we are spending our time. Are you spending it profitably or are you wasting time and left feeling overwhelmed? This paper...
- White papers 2006-07-05
- Tick size, order handling rules, and trading costs
- We show that the effect of the tick-size change on NASDAQ spreads depends critically on the Order Handling Rules OHR. Our empirical results show that the tick-size reduction has no impact on the spread of NASDAQ issues that were not subject to the new OHR, but has a significant effect...
- Research articles 2004-03-22
- Qantas develops Tick-approved meals.
- Nov 17, 2006 (Food Week - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The National Heart Foundation Australia has developed a new segment of its "Tick" program, covering meals eaten away from home. Qantas has been successfully in getting this new "Tick" Nov 17, 2006 (Food Week -...
- Research articles 2006-11-17
- Hartz Mountain withdraws cat flea, tick medicine
- After at least 7,000 reports of injury and possibly 12 deaths in cats and kittens over three years, the Environmental Protection Agency has reached an agreement with Hartz Mountain company to phase out sales of two flea and tick products for cats containing phenothrin. The products, Hartz Advanced Care...
- Research articles 2005-06-09
- Tick Data and CBOE Introduce First Commercially-Available Research-Ready Historical Tick Database for Options
- Increases in Algorithmic and Black Box Trading Drive Demand for Historical Options Data WASHINGTON -- Tick Data (www.tickdata.com), the market data division of Nexa Technologies, Inc. (www.nexatech.com), a subsidiary of Penson Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: PNSN), and the Chicago Board Options Exchange CBOE today announced the release of the industry's...
- Research articles 2007-04-16
- Hartz Mountain Flea & Tick Products For Cats Recalled For Pet Safety
- CHICAGO, Jan. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached an agreement with Hartz Mountain Corp., Bloomfield, N.J., to stop sale and distribution of two flea and tick control products for cats and kittens that could pose health risks to animals. Currently available stock of Hartz Advanced Care...
- Research articles 2003-01-07
- Tick Tock: Tips for Allocating Your Time
- Tick Tock: Tips for Allocating Your TimeRE: Tick Tock: Tips for Allocating Your TimeI disagree with many of the assumptions in this article. If there was only ONE way of managing your time effectively then only someone can answer on behalf of everybody in the world !!!!!!! Otherwise, it helps...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-13
- EPA: Hartz to Re-label and Cancel Flea and Tick Drops for Cats and Kittens
- WASHINGTON, June 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- At EPA's insistence, Hartz Mountain Corp. has agreed to cancel uses of several flea and tick products that may be associated with a range of adverse reactions, including hair loss, salivation, tremors and numerous deaWASHINGTON, June 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- At EPA's insistence, Hartz...
- Research articles 2005-06-03
- Reuters Announces Reuters Tick Capture Engine for Algorithmic Trading
- NEW YORK -- Reuters (LSE: RTR, NASDAQ: RTRSY), the global information company, today announced the forthcoming release of the Reuters Tick Capture Engine for customers building algorithmic trading infrastructures. Reuters Tick Capture Engine will meet customer requirements to capture and store large amounts of streaming and historical data for real-time...
- Research articles 2005-06-16
- Use Care When Applying Flea and Tick Control Products to Pets, Says EPA Region 5
- CHICAGO, June 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- With flea and tick season here, it's time to brush up on safety precautions for retail products used to get rid of these common pet pests. EPA recommends that consumers follow these precautions when purchasing and applCHICAGO, June 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- With...
- Research articles 2003-06-17
- What makes Goldman tick
- I CAN only guess which way Mr Dudley voted in the Palisades Conference Centre, where he and his partners opted to bring Goldman Sachs to market. The case against must have argued itself. The world's most successful financial partnership will now become a company, like its competitors, who find it...
- Research articles 1998-06-20
- Lyme microbe forms convenient bond with tick protein
- Tests in mice indicate that the bacterium that causes Lyme disease can commandeer a gene in its interim host--the deer tick--enabling the bacterium to escape immune detection once inside a mammal. Researchers at Yale University report in the July 28 Nature that the Lyme microbe, Borrelia burgdorferi, activates a...
- Research articles 2005-08-06
- Tick of approval.
- Byline: Rosemary Ryan May 11, 2006 (Hospitality - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian restaurants may one day use the Heart Foundation's "tick of approval". Leading companies such as caterer Spotless and Qantas are trialling use of the Foundation's symbol. The manager of...
- Research articles 2006-05-11
- Comms product - it complies but no A-tick!
- February, 2002 Electrical World ABIX via COMTEX -- The Australian electrical industry has a new Code of Practice. The code supplants the existing A-tick system for electrical appliances, meaning that manufacturers and distributors which sign the code will not also have to place the...
- Research articles 2002-02-14
- Egg 'Tick' logo withdrawn after ACCC concerns.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-4 February 2004-ACCC: Egg 'Tick' logo withdrawn after ACCC concernsC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02042004 A logo similar to that used by the National Heart Foundation has been withdrawn from use by an egg producer after Australian Competition and Consumer Commission...
- Research articles 2004-02-04
- Qantas meals get Heart Foundation tick of approval.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-6 November 2006-QANTAS AIRWAYS: Qantas meals get Heart Foundation tick of approvalC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:06112006 Sydney: Passengers on Qantas international flights from Australia can now choose from a selection of healthier choice meals, with Qantas becoming the first licensee...
- Research articles 2006-11-06
- Lyme disease receptor identified in tick guts.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-15 November 2004-YALE UNIVERSITY: Lyme disease receptor identified in tick gutsC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11152004 New Haven, Conn. - Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have identified a Lyme disease receptor called TROSPA that is used by disease agents to...
- Research articles 2004-11-15
- Ehrlichiosis now second most prevalent tick-associated disease, Yale study shows.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-6 April 2000-YALE UNIVERSITY: Ehrlichiosis now second most prevalent tick-associated disease, Yale study shows C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05042000 New Haven, Conn. -- Ehrlichiosis, a recently described disease that causes flu-like symptoms similar to Lyme disease, is now the...
- Research articles 2000-04-06
- Antibiotic treatment of tick bites prevents only 20 percent of Lyme disease cases, says Yale researcher.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-15 June 2001-YALE UNIVERSITY: Antibiotic treatment of tick bites prevents only 20 percent of Lyme disease cases, says Yale researcher C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:14062001 New Haven, Conn. -- Even if every patient who noticed they had a tick...
- Research articles 2001-06-15
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