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spread

  [spred] verb, spread, spread⋅ing, noun, adjective
Use spread out in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to draw, stretch, or open out, esp. over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often fol. by out).
2. to stretch out or unfurl in the air, as folded wings, a flag, etc. (often fol. by out).
3. to distribute over a greater or a relatively great area of space or time (often fol. by out): to spread out the papers on the table.
4. to display or exhibit the full extent of; set out in full: He spread the pots on the ground and started hawking his wares.
5. to dispose or distribute in a sheet or layer: to spread hay to dry.
6. to apply in a thin layer or coating: to spread butter on a slice of bread.
7. to overlay or cover with something: She spread the blanket over her knees.
8. to set or prepare (a table), as for a meal.
9. to extend or distribute over a region, place, period of time, among a group, etc.
10. to send out, scatter, or shed in various directions, as sound, light, etc.
11. to scatter abroad; diffuse or disseminate, as knowledge, news, disease, etc.: to spread the word of the gospel.
12. to move or force apart: He spread his arms over his head in surrender.
13. to flatten out: to spread the end of a rivet by hammering.
14. Phonetics.
a. to extend the aperture between (the lips) laterally, so as to reduce it vertically, during an utterance.
b. to delabialize. Compare round (def. 57c), unround.
–verb (used without object)
15. to become stretched out or extended, as a flag in the wind; expand, as in growth.
16. to extend over a greater or a considerable area or period: The factory spread along the river front.
17. to be or lie outspread or fully extended or displayed, as a landscape or scene.
18. to admit of being spread or applied in a thin layer, as a soft substance: Margarine spreads easily.
19. to become extended or distributed over a region, as population, animals, plants, etc.
20. to become shed abroad, diffused, or disseminated, as light, influences, rumors, ideas, infection, etc.
21. to be forced apart, as the rails of a railroad track; separate.
–noun
22. an act or instance of spreading: With a spread of her arms the actress acknowledged the applause.
23. expansion, extension, or diffusion: the spread of consumerism.
24. the extent of spreading: to measure the spread of branches.
25. Finance.
a. the difference between the prices bid and asked of stock or a commodity for a given time.
b. a type of straddle in which the call price is placed above and the put price is placed below the current market quotation.
c. the difference between any two prices or rates for related costs: the widening spread between lending and borrowing costs.
d. Stock Exchange. a broker's profit or the difference between his or her buying and selling price.
e. any difference between return on assets and costs of liabilities.
26. capacity for spreading: the spread of an elastic material.
27. a distance or range, as between two points or dates: The long-distance movers planned a five-day spread between pickup and delivery.
28. a stretch, expanse, or extent of something: a spread of timber.
29. a cloth covering for a bed, table, or the like, esp. a bedspread.
30. Informal. an abundance of food set out on a table; feast.
31. any food preparation for spreading on bread, crackers, etc., as jam or peanut butter.
32. Aeronautics. wingspan.
33. Also called layout. Journalism. (in newspapers and magazines) an extensive, varied treatment of a subject, consisting primarily either of a number of cuts (picture spread) or of a major story and several supplementary stories, usually extending across three or more columns. Compare double truck.
34. an advertisement, photograph, article, or the like, covering several columns, a full page, or two facing pages of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.: a full-page spread; a two-page spread.
35. two facing pages, as of a newspaper, magazine, or book.
36. landed property, as a farm or ranch.
37. lay 1 (def. 40).
38. point spread.
–adjective
39. Jewelry. (of a gem) cut with the table too large and the crown too shallow for maximum brilliance; swindled.
40. Phonetics. (of the opening between the lips) extended laterally. Compare rounded (def. 2), unrounded.
—Idiom
41. spread oneself thin, to carry on so many projects simultaneously that none is done adequately, or that one's health suffers: Many college students spread themselves thin by taking on too many activities during the semester.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME spreden (v.), OE sprǣdan; c. MD spreden, G spreiten

Synonyms:
1. unfold, unroll, expand. 10. emit, diffuse, radiate. 11. disperse, scatter, publish, circulate, promulgate, propagate. 15. stretch, dilate. 24. reach, compass.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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Word Origin & History

spread  (n.)
1691, "extent or expanse of something," from spread (v.). Meaning "copious meal" dates from 1822; sense of "food for spreading" (butter, jam, etc.) is from 1812. Sense of "bed cover" is recorded from 1848, originally Amer.Eng. Meaning "degree of variation" is attested from 1929. Spreadsheet is first attested 1982. Meaning "ranch for raising cattle" is attested from 1927.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

spread

  1. A position taken in two or more options or futures contracts to profit through a change in the relative price relationships. Purchasing an option to expire in October and selling an option on the same asset expiring three months earlier is one example of a spread.

  2. The difference in price between two futures contracts that are identical except for delivery date.

  3. The difference between the bid and ask prices for a particular security. A large spread often indicates inactive trading of the security. Also called markup. See also effective spread, gross spread, narrow the spread.

  4. The difference in yields between two fixed-income securities. See also basis point.


Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: spread
Function: noun
1 a : the difference between any two prices for similar articles spread between the list price and the market price of an article> b : the difference between the highest and lowest prices of a product or security for a given period c : the difference between bid and asked prices (as of a stock)
2 a : a simultaneous put option and call option in which the put price and the call price differ so that no profit is made unless the price falls below or rises above the put or call price respectively by more than enough to cover the cost of the option; also : the difference between the put price and call price b : a transaction in which a participant hedges with simultaneous long and short options in different commodities or different delivery dates in the same commodity
3 : an arbitrage transaction operated by buying and selling simultaneously in two markets when there is an abnormal difference in price between the two markets; also : the difference in price
4 : the difference between the yields on investments in fixed-income securities equal in quality but with different maturity dates or with the same maturity dates but unequal quality
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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