[kawr-ner] Pronunciation Key | 1. | the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet. |
| 2. | the space between two converging lines or surfaces near their intersection; angle: a chair in the corner of the room. |
| 3. | a projecting angle, esp. of a rectangular figure or object: He bumped into the corner of the table. |
| 4. | the point where two streets meet: the corner of Market and Main Streets. |
| 5. | an end; margin; edge. |
| 6. | any narrow, secluded, or secret place. |
| 7. | an awkward or embarrassing position, esp. one from which escape is impossible. |
| 8. | Finance. a monopolizing or a monopoly of the available supply of a stock or commodity to a point permitting control of price (applied only when monopoly price is exacted). |
| 9. | region; part; quarter: from every corner of the empire. |
| 10. | Surveying.
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| 11. | a piece to protect the corner of anything. |
| 12. | Baseball.
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| 13. | Boxing.
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| 14. | Soccer. corner kick. |
| 15. | situated on or at a corner where two streets meet: a corner drugstore. |
| 16. | made to fit or be used in a corner: a corner cabinet. |
| 17. | to furnish with corners. |
| 18. | to place in or drive into a corner. |
| 19. | to force into an awkward or difficult position or one from which escape is impossible: He finally cornered the thief. |
| 20. | to gain control of (a stock, commodity, etc.). |
| 21. | to meet in or be situated on or at a corner. |
| 22. | to form a corner in a stock or commodity. |
| 23. | (of an automobile) to turn, esp. at a speed relatively high for the angle of the turn involved. |
| 24. | cut corners,
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| 25. | rough corners, rude, boorish, or unsophisticated characteristics, manners, or the like: Despite his rough corners, he was very likable. |
| 26. | the four corners of the earth, the most distant or remote regions: They traveled to the four corners of the earth. |
| 27. | turn the corner, to pass through a crisis safely: When the fever passed, we knew he had turned the corner. |
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| cor·ner
(kôr'nər) Pronunciation Key
n.
v. cor·nered, cor·ner·ing, cor·ners v. tr.
v. intr.
adj.
[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French corne, corner, horn, from Vulgar Latin *corna, from Latin cornua, pl. of cornū, horn, point; see ker-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
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corner
| corner | |
noun | |
| 1. | a place off to the side of an area; "he tripled to the rightfield corner"; "the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean" |
| 2. | the point where two lines meet or intersect; "the corners of a rectangle" |
| 3. | an interior angle formed by two meeting walls; "a piano was in one corner of the room" |
| 4. | the intersection of two streets; "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by" |
| 5. | the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect; "the corners of a cube" |
| 6. | a small concavity [syn: recess] |
| 7. | a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade; "a corner on the silver market" |
| 8. | a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible; "his lying got him into a tight corner" |
| 9. | a projecting part where two sides or edges meet; "he knocked off the corners" |
| 10. | a remote area; "in many corners of the world they still practice slavery" |
| 11. | (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone |
verb | |
| 1. | gain control over; "corner the gold market" |
| 2. | force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape |
| 3. | turn a corner; "the car corners" |
corner
In addition to the idiom beginning with corner, also see around the corner; cut corners; four corners of the earth; in a tight corner; out of the corner of one's eye; paint oneself into a corner; turn the corner.
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Corner
1. The act of securing enough controlling interest or ownership within a single security so that manipulation of price can occur.
2. A rare situation occurring in commodity markets wherein the quantity of underlying securities and commodities available are exceeded by the commitments of delivery quantities on future contracts.
Investopedia Commentary
1. When someone is said to have "cornered the market," he or she has gained significant power over the manipulation of quantity and price.
2. In other words, the obligations on future contracts to deliver a particular commodity greatly outweigh the actual amount of the commodity available. For example, a freak tornado sweeping through Hawaii and killing all pineapple crops would result in a corner. The tornado would drastically reduce the quantity of pineapples available for delivery against the delivery obligations of future contracts that were previously created.
See also: Actual, Basis Grade, Break, Contract Unit
corner
- Significant control over a sufficient portion of a particular security so that it is possible to control the security's price. Others wishing to purchase the security, especially to cover short positions, are forced to buy it at an artificially high price. Corners were popular in the early 1900s when the securities markets were virtually unregulated. See also natural corner.
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corner
- To acquire a big enough position in a particular security or commodity so that control over its price and supply is achieved.
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Population (1990): 379 (149 housing units)
Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 45003
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Population (1990): 4908 (2164 housing units)
Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Population (1990): 13124 (7051 housing units)
Area: 12.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Population (1990): 17988 (6898 housing units)
Area: 54.9 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)
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Population (1990): 5599 (1753 housing units)
Area: 11.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Population (1990): 5607 (2170 housing units)
Area: 10.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Population (1990): 3840 (1646 housing units)
Area: 18.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Population (1990): 94 (36 housing units)
Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Population (1990): 686 (308 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Corner
Cor"ner\ (k?r"n?r), n. [OF. corniere, cornier, LL. cornerium, corneria, fr. L. cornu horn, end, point. See Horn.]1. The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal. 2. The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point; as, the chimney corner. 3. An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part. From the four corners of the earth they come. --Shak. 4. A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook. This thing was not done in a corner. --Acts xxvi. 26. 5. Direction; quarter. Sits the wind in that corner! --Shak. 6. The state of things produced by a combination of persons, who buy up the whole or the available part of any stock or species of property, which compels those who need such stock or property to buy of them at their own price; as, a corner in a railway stock. [Broker's Cant] Corner stone, the stone which lies at the corner of two walls, and unites them; the principal stone; especially, the stone which forms the corner of the foundation of an edifice; hence, that which is fundamental importance or indispensable. "A prince who regarded uniformity of faith as the corner stone of his government." --Prescott. Corner tooth, one of the four teeth which come in a horse's mouth at the age of four years and a half, one on each side of the upper and of the lower jaw, between the middle teeth and the tushes.
Corner
Cor"ner\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cornered (-n?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cornering.]1. To drive into a corner. 2. To drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument. 3. To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it; as, to corner the shares of a railroad stock; to corner petroleum.
Corner
Cor"ner\, n. (Association Football) [More fully corner kick.] A free kick from close to the nearest corner flag post, allowed to the opposite side when a player has sent the ball behind his own goal line.
Corner
The angle of a house (Job 1:19) or a street (Prov. 7:8). "Corners" in Neh. 9:22 denotes the various districts of the promised land allotted to the Israelites. In Num. 24:17, the "corners of Moab" denotes the whole land of Moab. The "corner of a field" (Lev. 19:9; 23:22) is its extreme part, which was not to be reaped. The Jews were prohibited from cutting the "corners," i.e., the extremities, of the hair and whiskers running round the ears (Lev. 19:27; 21:5). The "four corners of the earth" in Isa. 11:12 and Ezek. 7:2 denotes the whole land. The "corners of the streets" mentioned in Matt. 6:5 means the angles where streets meet so as to form a square or place of public resort. The corner gate of Jerusalem (2 Kings 14:13; 2 Chr. 26:9) was on the north-west side of the city. Corner-stone (Job 38:6; Isa. 28:16), a block of great importance in binding together the sides of a building. The "head of the corner" (Ps. 118:22, 23) denotes the coping, the "coign of vantage", i.e., the topstone of a building. But the word "corner stone" is sometimes used to denote some person of rank and importance (Isa. 28:16). It is applied to our Lord, who was set in highest honour (Matt. 21:42). He is also styled "the chief corner stone" (Eph. 2:20; 1 Pet. 2:6-8). When Zechariah (10:4), speaking of Judah, says, "Out of him came forth the corner," he is probably to be understood as ultimately referring to the Messiah as the "corner stone." (See TEMPLE, SOLOMON'S ØT0003612.)
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