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out

Used in the context of general equities. (1) No longer obligated to an order, as it has already been canceled: (2) advertised on Autex. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary

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out out [aʊt] adjective [not before a noun]

1. available to be bought:

• His new book is due out next spring.

• The company plans to bring out a similar product of its own.

2. if the workers in a company, factory etc are out, they are refusing to work; =ON STRIKE:

• Teachers in some places stayed out on strike for weeks against the orders of their unions.

3. if a worker is out or out sick, they are not at work because they are sick; = Off Sick Bre:

• Ralph's been out sick four times this month already.

4. if a machine is out, it is not working; = out of order Bre

5. if your accounts, calculations etc are out, they are wrong:

• The bill was out by over £10.

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out UK US /aʊt/ adverb

► WORKPLACE away from the main office, etc. in order to do a particular job: »She is out on a service call, but will be back in about an hour.

► WORKPLACE absent from the place where you work: »He is out of the office right now.
»I will be out for the rest of the morning.
»He has been out sick all week.

► available for the public to buy: »A new version of this phone has just come out.

► not working: »The power has been out for two hours.

► not accurate: »Our estimates were only out by a few dollars.
»Those sales figures were way out.

► (also out on strike) HR, WORKPLACE taking part in a strike (= refusing to work): »The assembly workers have been out for a month.
»Union members voted unanimously to go out on strike.

● out of action — Cf. out of action

● out of sth — Cf. out of sth

● out of the box — Cf. out of the box

Financial and business terms. 2012.