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  • noun Plural form of lockup.

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Examples

  • Mr. Pallotta is considering expanding into private-equity investing, which is typified by long-term lockups of client money.

    James Pallotta to Relaunch Raptor Global Fund as Spinoff 2008

  • In North Carolina, where the state runs nine long-term lockups called youth development centers, the study found a third of girls at Samarkand Youth Development Center in Eagle Springs reported being victimized.

    CITIZEN-TIMES.com - News 2010

  • Cerberus hoped it could persuade them to move their assets to a new fund with longer asset "lockups" but lower fees.

    Clients Flee Cerberus, Fallen Fund Titan 2009

  • At Bear Stearns, employees were barred from trading shares they hold in the company recently because of longstanding "lockups" weeks prior to the company's earnings announcements.

    The Job/Stock Double Whammy Daisy Maxey, Jaime Levy Pessin 2008

  • Employees have been barred from trading the shares because of longstanding "lockups" weeks prior to the company's earnings announcements.

    Fed Races to Rescue Bear Stearns Kate Kelly, Greg Ip 2008

  • Employees have been barred from trading the shares because of longstanding "lockups" weeks prior to the company's earnings announcements.

    Fed Races to Rescue Bear Stearns 2008

  • Has there any change to the lockups, or what kind of lockups are you putting in place?

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2010

  • A PC that was previously healthy that starts suddenly exhibiting all kinds of serious problems such as lockups, out-of-memory errors, and refusal to install new programs has probably been infected by a virus.

    CertCities.com | IT Forums 2009

  • A PC that was previously healthy that starts suddenly exhibiting all kinds of serious problems such as lockups, out-of-memory errors, and refusal to install new programs has probably been infected by a virus.

    CertCities.com | IT Forums 2009

  • A PC that was previously healthy that starts suddenly exhibiting all kinds of serious problems such as lockups, out-of-memory errors, and refusal to install new programs has probably been infected by a virus.

    CertCities.com | IT Forums 2009

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