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under the rule

under the rule prepositional phrase: of a deal: concluded by the secretary of the stock exchange when the actual dealer has failed to do so.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Of a deal: concluded by the secretary of the stock exchange when the actual dealer has failed to do so.
    • No party shall be permitted to supply offers to buy or sell Securities closed for his account “under the rule.”1908, New York Produce Exchange, Report, page 349
    • A contract which has not been fulfilled according to the terms thereof may be officially closed “under the rule” by the Secretary, or by a member of the Committee on Arrangements, as herein provided.1931, Charles Harrison Meyer, The law of stockbrokers and stock exchanges, and of commodity brokers and commodity exchanges

Questions about under the rule

What does under the rule mean?
Under the rule means of a deal: concluded by the secretary of the stock exchange when the actual dealer has failed to do so.
What part of speech is under the rule?
Under the rule is a prepositional phrase.

Words near under the rule in the dictionary

  1. under the plough
  2. under the pump
  3. under the radar
  4. under the rose
  5. under the rug
  6. under the rule
  7. under the saya
  8. under the sayas
  9. under the sheets
  10. under the spotlight
  11. under the stars

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