PUMP AND DUMP

When investors are lied to by the company. They are given postive news that is false to prompt them to buy. It drives up the stock price but the investor has just bought less valuable stock. It is illegal. Refer to painting the tape, daisy chain, and poop

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PUMP PRIMING

A sum of money that is put into the economy, usually by the government to give a boost to a slow economy. The amount is usually relatively small and goes into public works to generate jobs. It is intended to boost demand and increase spending.

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PUNCH LIST

Lists of jobs that have not been completed by a contractor before he is due to be paid. All items must be completed before the contractor is paid the rest of his money.

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PUNCTUATION

The division of a written or printed document into sentences by means of periods; aud of sentences into smaller divisions by means of commas, semi- colons, colons, etc.

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PUIS

In law French. Afterwards; since.

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PUNCTUM TEMPORIS

Lat. A point of time; an Indivisible period of time; the shortest space of time; an instant. Calvin.

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PUISNE

Junior or of a lesser rank. From the word for puny meaning smaller. It applies to someone of a lower rank or of a lower position.

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PUNCTURED WOUND

In medical jurisprudence. A wound made by the insertion into the body of any instrument having a sharp point. The term is practically synonymous with “stab.”

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PUISNE L

Fr. Younger; subordinate; associate. The title by which the justices and barons of the several common-law courts at Westminster are distinguished from the chief justice and chief baron.

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PUNDBRECH

In old English law. Pound-breach; the offense of breaking a pound. The illegal taking of cattle out of a pound by any rneaus whatsoever. Cowell.

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