Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
flatter . - noun Specifically A workman in a glass-works who flattens the softened and split cylinders to form them into sheets, after they are laid upon the flattening-stone of the flattening-furnace.
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- noun Anything used to
flatten something
Etymologies
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Examples
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With that in mind it is safe to assume traders are unwinding "flattener" strategies after the FOMC meeting indicated rates will remain low for "an extended period".
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With that in mind it is safe to assume traders are unwinding "flattener" strategies after the FOMC meeting indicated rates will remain low for "an extended period".
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Because the majority of debt supply is concentrated in the front end of the yield curve, traders have been selling the curve --- aka trading the "flattener".
Mortgage News Daily - Mortgage And Real Estate News Adam Quinones 2010
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But we also have to think about the role parties play in this question as a flattener of interests.
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Mr. Balestrino is betting on a "bear flattener" in the Treasurys yield curve over the course of the year.
Inflation Is Dead? Long Live Long-Term Treasurys Michael Casey 2010
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Mr. Balestrino is betting on a "bear flattener" in the Treasurys yield curve over the course of the year.
Inflation Is Dead? Long Live Long-Term Treasurys Michael Casey 2010
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Mr. Balestrino is betting on a "bear flattener" in the Treasurys yield curve over the course of the year.
Inflation Is Dead? Long Live Long-Term Treasurys Michael Casey 2010
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On a tummy flattener thing at the dollar store: "Stay Beauty Healthy!"
Did I just read that? Becca 2009
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So, my advice, is go for it and try to convince them this is the way of the future...the ability to collaborate online using Web 2.0 tools...it is a flattener for us all.
Learn how to Flatten your Classroom at our Workshop Julie Lindsay 2008
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As Reuven says, the wiki technology is 'the ultimate flattener' for interaction and best practice online socialisation as well as digital literacy skill development.
K12 Wiki Winners! Julie Lindsay 2006
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