rally

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The reason for the rally is a highly prosaic one; there appears to be a large EUR / USD buy program emanating from the Middle East.

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  1. transitive verb To call together for a common purpose; assemble: rally troops at a parade ground.
  2. transitive verb To reassemble and restore to order: rally scattered forces.
  3. transitive verb To rouse or revive from inactivity or decline: paused to refresh themselves and rally their strength.
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  • The reason for the rally is a highly prosaic one; there appears to be a large EUR / USD buy program emanating from the Middle East. —  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
  • Tickets for the rally are available through www. ticketmaster.com. —  The Earth Times Online Newspaper
  • Sounds like your rally was as big a success as the others. —  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
  • She said that the volunteer list for the rally was already full. —  Latest Articles
  • The drivers of this rally will be the improvement in second derivatives of economic growth and activity in the US and China that the policy stimulus will provide on a temporary basis. —  Bill Totten's Weblog
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reversal ·  demonstration ·  conference ·  decline ·  protest ·  trend ·  celebration ·  fluctuations ·  deficit ·  engagement ·  move ·  parade

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rally:   rallies ·  rallied ·  rallying
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  1. French rallier, from Old French ralier : re-, re- + alier, to unite, ally; see ally.
  2. French railler, from Old French, to tease; see rail3.

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  1. Early modern English rallie, from Old French rallier, ralier, French rallier, rally, from re-, again, + alier, allier, bind, ally: see ally, and cf. rely and rely.
  2. from rally, v.
  3. from French railler, rail: see rail.
 

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