rump

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Some 96.6 percent of shares were taken in the offer and bankers sold the remaining 172.7 million shares not taken up -- or the "rump" -- early on Monday at 448 pence each in London and $51.83 each in Hong Kong, people familiar with the matter and dealers said.

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  1. noun The fleshy hindquarters of an animal.
  2. noun A cut of beef or veal from the rump.
  3. noun The buttocks.
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  • Click the pics for larger versions.This little deer is so cute but the spots on the rump are a problem to cut into a stencil.
  • And a woman with long, streaked-blond hair, naked except for a pair of torn panties, slide down the bottom step as if her rump was a toboggan before being grabbed by the upper arms. —  EQMM,August2007
  • HSBC said it had sold 4.89 billion shares with existing shareholders and expects to sell the 172.7 million shares not taken up -- or the "rump" -- on Monday, to raise 12.5 billion pounds net of expenses. —  Forbes.com: News
  • HSBC said it sold 4.89 billion shares with existing shareholders and expects to sell the 172.7 million shares not taken up -- or the 'rump' -- on Monday, to raise 12.5 billion pounds net of expenses. —  Forbes.com: News
  • Some 96.6 percent of shares were taken in the offer and bankers sold the remaining 172.7 million shares not taken up -- or the "rump" -- early on Monday at 448 pence each in London and $51.83 each in Hong Kong, people familiar with the matter and dealers said. —  Reuters: Top News
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haunch ·  buttock ·  sirloin ·  backside ·  flank ·  thigh ·  hindquarters ·  torso ·  shin ·  loin ·  belly ·  hooves
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English rumpe, of Scandinavian origin.

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  1. from Middle English rumpe, apparently from Icelandic rumpr = Swedish rumpa = Danish rumpe, rump (the Scandinavian forms apparently from the D. or Low German), = Middle Dutch rompe, Dutch romp, a body or trunk, = Middle Low German Low German rump = Middle High German G. rumpf, the bulk or trunk of a body, a trunk, carcass, hull.
  2. from rump, n.
 

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