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  • noun A subdivision of a scale

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Examples

  • Given the amount of CLOs and other levered loan funds that have been raised or had been raised prior to December 2007 there are a number of what I would call subscale asset managers with significant infrastructure that's unable to be supported by just the senior management fees, and they can't grow.

    Financial Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha 2009

  • Given the amount of CLOs and other levered loan funds that have been raised or had been raised prior to December 2007 there are a number of what I would call subscale asset managers with significant infrastructure that's unable to be supported by just the senior management fees, and they can't grow.

    Financial Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha 2009

  • In some of those locations, Lloyds has a "subscale presence where we don't have a competitive advantage," Mr. Horta-Osório said.

    Lloyds Joins U.K. Banks' Overseas Retreat David Enrich 2011

  • Early analysis of our first year of student data reveals that DREAM students scored significantly higher on the CST ELA test and on the reading comprehension subscale than did control group students.

    John M. Eger: Turning Dreams Into Reality John M. Eger 2011

  • At 3.3 times forecast 2012 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or Ebitda, Fiat trades well above the 1.1 times for Peugeot, another European car maker struggling with a subscale position.

    Fiat's Cultural Assimilation Matthew Curtin 2011

  • Mr. Plassat should consider more extreme steps: selling the subscale Polish and Turkish businesses or listing a minority stake in one of its "growth market" businesses.

    Carrefour Needs to Go Under the Knife Hester Plumridge 2012

  • Early analysis of our first year of student data reveals that DREAM students scored significantly higher on the CST ELA test and on the reading comprehension subscale than did control group students.

    John M. Eger: Turning Dreams Into Reality John M. Eger 2011

  • T-Mobile USA has suffered from years of underinvestment: It is subscale, has fewer high-value contract customers than peers, and has shed subscribers in two of the last three quarters.

    T-Mobile on the Rebound Hester Plumridge 2011

  • Your listing provides a good example of why I prefer the example of PETA as a subscale model of the modern American Left as a whole.

    Science Czar John Holdren denies the ‘right of women to choose?’ - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009

  • The combined group remains woefully subscale at around two million vehicles sold annually.

    Wheel Turns: Chrysler May Be Fiat Savior Spencer Jakab 2012

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