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pipe·line

Audio Help [pahyp-lahyn] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -lined, -lin·ing.

–noun

1.	a long tubular conduit or series of pipes, often underground, with pumps and valves for flow control, used to transport crude oil, natural gas, water, etc., esp. over great distances.

2.	a route, channel, or process along which something passes or is provided at a steady rate; means, system, or flow of supply or supplies: Freighters and cargo planes are a pipeline for overseas goods.

3.	a channel of information, esp. one that is direct, privileged, or confidential; inside source; reliable contact.

–verb (used with object)

4.	to convey by or as if by pipeline: to pipeline oil from the far north to ice-free ports; to pipeline graduates into the top jobs.

—Idiom

in the pipeline,

a.	Informal. in the process of being developed, provided, or completed; in the works; under way.

b.	Government Informal. (of funds) authorized but not spent.

[Origin: 1855–60; pipe¹ + line¹

]

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pipe·line Audio Help (pīp'līn') Pronunciation Key
n.

A conduit of pipe, especially one used for the conveyance of water, gas, or petroleum products.
A direct channel by which information is privately transmitted.
A system through which something is conducted, especially as a means of supply: "Farther down the pipeline are three other approaches to vaccine development" (Boston Globe).

tr.v. pipe·lined, pipe·lin·ing, pipe·lines

To convey by or as if by a system of pipes.
To lay a system of pipes through.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
pipeline

1873, "continuous line of pipes," from pipe + line. Fig. sense of "channel of communication" is from 1921; surfer slang meaning "hollow part of a large wave" is attested by 1963.

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pipeline
noun
1.	gossip spread by spoken communication; "the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth" [syn: grapevine]
2.	a pipe used to transport liquids or gases; "a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport"

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ˈpipeline noun

a long line of pipes used for conveying oil, gas, water etc
Example: an oil pipeline across the desert

Arabic:	خَط أنابيب النَّفْط
Chinese (Simplified):	管线
Chinese (Traditional):	管線
Czech:	potrubí
Danish:	rørledning; pipeline
Dutch:	pijpleiding
Estonian:	torustik
Finnish:	putkisto
French:	oléoduc, pipeline
German:	die Pipeline
Greek:	αγωγός
Hungarian:	csővezeték
Icelandic:	rörlögn
Indonesian:	jalur pipa
Italian:	conduttura, tubazione

Japanese:	パイプライン
Korean:	수송관(管)
Latvian:	cauruļvads
Lithuanian:	vamzdynas
Norwegian:	rørledning, *-nett
Polish:	rurociąg
Portuguese (Brazil):	duto (oleoduto, aqueduto)
Portuguese (Portugal):	gasoduto, oleoduto
Romanian:	conductă
Russian:	трубопровод
Slovak:	potrubie
Slovenian:	cevovod
Spanish:	tubería, cañería; oleoducto; gaseoducto
Swedish:	rörledning, pipeline
Turkish:	boru hattı

See also: piper, piping, pipe, pipe dream, pipes, piping hot

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Pipeline

1) An investment company whose purpose is to collect investment funds from a pool of individual investors and invest them in financial securities.

2) The underwriting procedure which must be completed by the Securities &amp Exchange Commission (SEC) before a security can be offered for sale to the public.

3) A type of risk most often present in mortgage transactions. It expresses the potential for change in financial factors during the time lapse between the mortgage application and the purchase of the property.

Investopedia Commentary

1) Such firms are usually exempt from normal corporate taxes, since they simply serve as an investment conduit, or pipeline, rather than actually producing goods and services as a regular corporation does. A mutual fund structured as a trust would be exempt from corporate taxes and considered an investment pipeline.

2) A new security issue must go through the SEC's pipeline before it is legally cleared for sale to the public. This practice attempts to screen out fraudulent investments and ensures security offerings are presented to the public in an accurate fashion.

3) During the time it takes for a bank to review a mortgage application and for a borrower to actually purchase their desired property (the mortgage pipeline), financial conditions specific to the application can change, which would change the amount of risk the bank incurs by lending funds to the borrower.

Also spelled: pipelines, investment pipeline, conduits, sec pipeline

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pipeline

The process through which security issues pass before their distribution to the public. If securities are being readied for distribution, they are said to be in the pipeline.

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