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101gold fixing — Finance. 1. the procedure by which the price of gold is established. 2. the price itself, esp. as established daily in the London gold market. Also, gold fix. Also called fixing. * * * …
102price fixing — the establishing of prices at a determined level, either by a government or by mutual consent among producers or sellers of a commodity. Also, price fixing. [1945 50] * * * …
103nitrogen-fixing bacteria — ▪ biology and ecology microorganisms capable of transforming atmospheric nitrogen into fixed nitrogen, inorganic compounds usable by plants. More than 90 percent of all nitrogen fixation is effected by them. Two kinds of nitrogen… …
104nitrogen-fixing — adjective Describing something, normally a plant or microbe, able to convert inorganic nitrogen into a form usable in the biosphere. Legumes are nitrogen fixing plants, growing them actually adds nitrogen to the soil rather than using it up. See… …
105policy-fixing meeting — index caucus Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
106complement-fixing antibody — antibody that activates complement when reacted with antigen; IgM and IgG (the usual complement fixing antibodies) fix complement by the classical pathway, whereas IgA fixes complement by the alternative pathway. See also complement fixation,… …
107Flemming center solution (fixing fluid) — Flem·ming center, solution (fixing fluid) (flemґing) [Walther Flemming, German anatomist, 1843–1905] see germinal center, under center, and see under solution …
108price fixing — price .fixing n [U] 1.) a system in which the government decides the prices of things = ↑price control 2.) an agreement between producers and sellers of a product to set its price at a high level …
109Preliminary fixing — After an accounting period has ended, a preliminary fixing for a trial balance can be initiated. This has to be done to fix the financial position. If no other trial balances have been made to close a particular accounting period, the system… …
110price-fixing — UK / US noun [uncountable] business 1) an agreement between companies to charge the same price for a particular product, in order to keep the price high Two leading airlines have been accused of price fixing. 2) price control …
