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- noun Plural form of
lockup .
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Examples
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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
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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.
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Cerberus hoped it could persuade them to move their assets to a new fund with longer asset "lockups" but lower fees.
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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
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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
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Employees have been barred from trading the shares because of longstanding "lockups" weeks prior to the company's earnings announcements.
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Has there any change to the lockups, or what kind of lockups are you putting in place?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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