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gun jumping

gun jumping noun: the act or practice of soliciting orders for a new issue of a security before it has been registered with the SEC, or before its registration has been approved.

Noun

gun jumping (uncountable)

  1. The act or practice of soliciting orders for a new issue of a security before it has been registered with the SEC, or before its registration has been approved.
  2. (idiomatic) An act or instance of jumping the gun.

Questions about gun jumping

What does gun jumping mean?
Gun jumping means the act or practice of soliciting orders for a new issue of a security before it has been registered with the SEC, or before its registration has been approved.
What part of speech is gun jumping?
Gun jumping is a noun.

Words near gun jumping in the dictionary

  1. gun fu
  2. gun furniture
  3. gun grabber
  4. gun grabbers
  5. gun it
  6. gun jumping
  7. gun kata
  8. gun lap
  9. gun laps
  10. gun layer
  11. gun layers

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