WHIPSAWED


Meaning of WHIPSAWED in English

/hwip"sawd', wip"-/ , adj. Stock Exchange.

subjected to a double loss, as when an investor has bought a stock at a high price soon before it declines and then, in order to make good the loss, sells it short before it advances.

[ WHIPSAW + -ED 2 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .