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Business Definition for: Taker

  • the buyer of an option
  • a borrower

Wiktionary Definition for: Taker

  • one who takes; person or thing that takes or receives (sometimes used to emphasize that this person takes rather than gives)

Additional Resources

licensed deposit taker
licensed deposit taker A category of financial institutions as defined by the Banking Act 1979, which divided banking into recognized banks, licensed deposit takers, and exempt institutions. To qualify for authorization, the licensed deposit taker had to satisfy the Bank of England that it conducted its business in...
Tags: Bank of England, Banking
Research articles 1997-01-01
The lie score on the personal development test depicts the creditability of test taker: as well as PDT scores
The LIE score on The Personal Development Test is modeled after the earlier LIE score on the Minnesota Personality Test. It depicts the creditability of the test taker; as well as that of the PDT scores. The research shows that the higher the personal development of an individual the more...
Tags: car, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Research articles 2002-06-01
The Pricing Spread End Game.
Maker/taker spreads have collapsed. While exchanges and ECNs have pushed their rebates higher over the past several months to attract limit-order traders, their liquidity-taker charges hit a Securities and Exchange Commission-imposed ceiling for access fees at 30 cents per 100 shares. The...
Tags: FINANCE, game, Investment, liquidity, MARKETING, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Pricing, revenue, security, upshot
Research articles 2008-02-01
The Pricing Spread End Game
Maker/taker spreads have collapsed. While exchanges and ECNs have pushed their rebates higher over the past several months to attract limit-order traders, their liquidity-taker charges hit a Securities and Exchange Commission-imposed ceiling for access fees at 30 cents per 100 shares. The upshot is that spreads have decreased...
Tags: FINANCE, game, Investment, liquidity, MARKETING, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Pricing, upshot
Research articles 2008-02-01
Sympathy in the slum for Philippine hostage-taker
MANILA AFP — In a chaotic Manila slum, sympathy abounded Thursday for the benefactor turned hostage-taker who took a busload of children at gunpoint to highlight the crushing poverty that blights this area. Pregnant housewife Mary Jane dela Cruz had nothing but praise for Armando Ducat, who owns the...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Leadership
Research articles 2007-03-29
Beslan hostage-taker found guilty of terrorism, murder
VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia AFP — Nurpashi Kulayev, the sole surviving hostage-taker involved in the 2004 Beslan school massacre, was pronounced guilty of terrorism, hostage-taking and murder. "The court has established that Kulayev took part in an armed attack and a hostage-taking..., that he committed murder against defenceless people," said Tamerlan...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Government, North, punishment, Russia, terrorism
Research articles 2006-05-16
Trial of alleged Beslan school hostage taker opens
VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia AFP — The trial of the only alleged hostage taker to be brought to justice after last year's bloody Beslan school siege opened in southern Russia, shattered by the attack that killed 330 people, more than half of them children. The hearing against 24-year-old Nurpachi Kulaiyev began...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Government, Russia
Research articles 2005-05-17
Trial of sole surviving Beslan school hostage-taker to open in Russia
BESLAN, Russia AFP — The trial of the alleged lone surviving hostage taker from last year's bloody Beslan school siege was due to open in the southern Russian town, shattered by the attack that left more than 330 people dead, most of them children. The court session of 24-year-old...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Government, Russia
Research articles 2005-05-17
This is your brain on risk; The biology, chemistry and psychology that drive the adventurous.(Temple University in Philadelphia)
Byline: SARAH A. KLEIN Frank Farley has gone whitewater rafting in Costa Rica and raced over China and the Baltics in a hot-air balloon, but he's not a risk-taker. He just studies them. After more than three decades of research, the psychology...
Tags: biology, psychology, Temple University
Research articles 2006-05-22
Trophy towers outshine all others in midtown; Don't lose luster in sluggish markets; rents edging up.(Special Report: Commercial Real Estate)
Byline: lorraine kreahling Next year, a gaping hole will open in the tenant roster at the 1950s-vintage Seagram Building. Vivendi will vacate 160,000 square feet and a taker for the space has yet to emerge in a market still far from vibrant. ...
Tags: commercial real estate, General Motors Corp., tenant
Research articles 2004-05-10
THIS LOTTERY CONTEST HAS COME UP A BUST: LUCRATIVE CONTRACT -- ITS LARGEST -- GETS JUST ONE BIDDER.
The largest contract awarded by the Illinois Lottery has drawn only one taker -- raising questions about the bidding process and clearing the way for the incumbent operator of Lotto terminals to secure a new, five-year deal with little or no competit The largest contract awarded...
Tags: lottery, RFP
Research articles 1999-08-30
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Learning from immigrant drivers.(Viewpoint)(Letter to the Editor)
FASCINATING FACTS EMERGE IN nEW YORK TAXI RIDES hooray for immigrants who drive taxis ("It's a stepping-stone for those who hack it,'' June 6). A cab-taker, I have had many conversations with drivers who speak English well enough and have FASCINATING...
Research articles 2005-06-20
Macy's marketer faces toughest job in Chicago; Calm Field's fans, create new mid-market retailer.
Byline: LISA SANDERS AND MYA FRAZIER Crain News Service Transforming a well-known regional retail name into a national icon is a bold play, even for risk-taker Anne MacDonald. But Federated Department Stores Inc. Chairman and CEO Terry Lundgren Byline: LISA...
Tags: Citigroup Inc., Federated Department Stores Inc., job, Macy
Research articles 2006-03-06
AD Beat: Does 'Rewarding!' Mean 'Effective!' or 'Annoying?'
One can't deny Citi is a risk taker with its ad messages. But few banks could put up with the backlash from Citi's quirky "Victor and Roman" ads that proclaim the bank's rewards program is "rewarding! Very, very rewarding!" One can't deny Citi is a risk taker with...
Tags: advertisement, bank, Citigroup Inc.
Research articles 2007-02-01
Sony joins Cisco modem move; others likely to follow suit. (Sony Electronic Corp.; Cisco Systems Inc.)
Cisco Systems Inc. landed another big one last week, signing on Sony Electronics Corp. as a taker of its "reference design" for interoperable high-speed-data products. Cisco Systems Inc. landed another big one last week, signing on Sony Electronics Corp. as a taker of its...
Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., modem, Sony Corp.
Research articles 1997-11-10
Federated targets elusive middle with Macy's; New marketing chief must create one midtier brand out of many units.(News)(Federated Department Stores Inc.)(Anne MacDonald)
Byline: From Advertising Age, a Crain publication. Transforming a well-known regional retail name into a national icon is a bold play, even for risk-taker Anne MacDonald. But Federated Department Stores is wagering that Ms. MacDonald, the compan Byline: From Advertising Age,...
Tags: brand, Federated Department Stores Inc.
Research articles 2006-03-06
2007 ERNST & YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR(R): Steve Ciuni, Risk-taker
Steve Ciuni
Tags: Ernst & Young LLP
Research articles 2007-07-01
Oklahoma City upgrades communications system.
Oklahoma City is replacing its existing Dictaphone Freedom System with a solution from NICE Systems. The solution will capture communications from 16 call-taker positions and interactions from 60 IP phones used at ... Oklahoma City is replacing its existing Dictaphone Freedom System with...
Tags: phone
Research articles 2006-09-01
ESPN International goes tapeless. (Brief Article)
Cable network ord, ers nearly a dozen disk recorders Another new entrant into the world of tapeless recording has found a taker. ESPN has ordered a collection of the Tektronix Profile Digital Disk Recorders for its international operation. The ...
Tags: disk, ESPN, recorder
Research articles 1994-09-26
Warehouse management.(Books, Software & Lit)
Version 3.5 of Knowledge Management Center executive information and data warehouse software features access to turn and earn data, the ability to track sales by order-taker ID, and the ability to view open quotes. The software summarizes sales, inve Version 3.5 of Knowledge Management Center executive...
Tags: Books, sales, software
Research articles 2004-01-01
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