2023年2月1日 星期三

prepayment, cartwheel, untoward, in tow, buyout, rolling stock



After Kari Clark gave birth to her second child in 2015, she decided it was time to finally master a cartwheel. “When you have a baby you have to become open to embracing new habits,” she says. “I had always exercised, but suddenly I wanted to get really serious about my health.”
Ms. Clark, a 39-year-old product manager for Google Accessories in New York, says despite three years of CrossFit she still couldn’t do a pull-up....

A TransAsia Airways plane cartwheeled into a river shortly after taking off from a downtown Taipei airport, killing at least 19 people. See the video: http://reut.rs/1LLyAWq



Salt Lake Tribune




Plane cartwheels into Taiwan river
More than a dozen dead as a plane crashes into a river in Taiwan.
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My head spun after doing a cartwheel.

But Uber, even with a $40 billion dollar plus valuation, is no Apple. If Google takes on the ride sharing space with its driverless car tech in tow, Uber may find itself spinning out.

'Nothing untoward' about Lewis Carroll? This and the other best reads on the web this week: http://bbc.in/1zJvdYU




Latest Chrysler Buyout Offer Lures Quarter of Salaried Staff
Those without a home to sell or family obligations keeping them in the Detroit area are almost certain to head elsewhere immediately.
“I figured I can take a chance. I’m 28, single — I can go wherever I want,” said Jessica Krul, who worked in purchasing at Chrysler for two years and turned in her buyout papers a week ago.





Bear Buyout Arm Ready to Fly Solo
Bear Stearns Merchant Banking, the private-equity arm of the fallen investment bank, is expected to announce Thursday that it will spin out into an independent company.


他說,這一項目可能包括興建一條新的鐵路,升級現有的鐵軌,以及供應鐵道機車車輛(rolling stock)。

The term rolling stock originally referred to any vehicles that move on a railway. It has since expanded to include the wheeled vehicles used by businesses on roadways.[citation needed] It usually includes both powered and unpowered vehicles, for example locomotivesrailroad carscoaches, and wagons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_stock

buyout

('out')

also buy-out n.
  1. The purchase of the entire holdings or interests of an owner or investor.
  2. The purchase of a company or business: “If the workers do approve the buyout, their company will become the nation's largest employee-owned enterprise” (Harry Anderson).


buyout is an investment transaction by which an entire company or a controlling part of the stock of a company is sold. A firm "buys out" a company to take control of it. A buyout can take the form of a leveraged buyout, a venture capital buyout ("taking it private") or a management buyout.
The term may apply more generally to the purchase by one party of all of the rights of another party with respect to an ongoing transaction between the two. For example, an employer may buy out an employee's contract by making a single prepayment, so as to have no ongoing obligation to employ the person. A landlord may buy out the remainder of a tenant's lease, effectively paying them to vacate. Contracts may have an explicit buyout provision setting forth the terms or price. In the alternative the matter may be negotiated by the parties. If the entire operation is not purchase, the remainder is referred to as a stub.





  1. cartwheel - Wiktionary

    en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cartwheel

    cartwheel (plural cartwheels). The literal wheel of a cart. A gymnastic maneuver whereby the gymnast rotates to one side or the other while keeping arms and ...

cartwheel

Line breaks: cart|wheel
Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːtwiːl /



Definition of cartwheel in English:

NOUN

1The wheel of a cart.
2circular sideways handspring with the arms and legs extended:he turned a cartwheel on the table
in tow
1
1 (also on tow) Being towed by another vehicle or boat:
his boat was taken in tow by a trawler
the shallop remained on tow when the ships left for the mainland
MORE EXAMPLE SENTENCES
2Accompanying or following someone:
trying to shop with three children in tow is no joke
 untoward
Pronunciation: /ʌntəˈwɔːd , ʌnˈtəʊəd /

Definition of untoward in English:




ADJECTIVE

Unexpected and inappropriate or inconvenient:both tried to behave as if nothing untoward had happeneduntoward remarks
Derivatives







untowardly

1
ADVERB






untowardness

2
NOUN

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