- combination
- Applies to derivative products. Arrangement of options involving two long or two short positions with different expiration dates or strike prices (exercise prices). Bloomberg Financial DictionarySee: straddle. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary————An options trade involving both calls (See call option) and puts (See put option) on the same underlying asset, e.g. buy a call and buy a put option with the same strike price for the same delivery month in the same underlying product (known as a long straddle). Contrast with an option spread trade, where the trade consists of either all calls or all puts. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein financial glossary
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combination com‧bi‧na‧tion [ˌkɒmbˈneɪʆn ǁ ˌkɑːm-] noun [uncountable]COMMERCE when two or more companies join together in a merger, takeover, or other financial arrangement affecting their ownership — compare integrationˌbusiness combiˈnation COMMERCEwhen two or more companies work together:• The company may consider a sale, merger or other business combination.
horiˌzontal combiˈnation COMMERCEwhen two or more companies involved in the same stage of the production or distribution process of a particular product join togetherˌvertical combiˈnation COMMERCEwhen two or more companies involved in different stages of the production or distribution process of a particular product join together:• Vertical and horizontal combination produced those industrial empires which controlled the lives of thousands.
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combination UK US /ˌkɒmbɪˈneɪʃən/ noun► [C or U] a result of two or more things joining together: a combination of sth and sth »A combination of economic slowdown and tax cuts is having a drastic effect on public finances.
»New technologies work particularly well when they are used in combination with traditional classroom learning.
→ See also BUSINESS COMBINATION(Cf. ↑business combination), HORIZONTAL COMBINATION(Cf. ↑horizontal combination), VERTICAL COMBINATION(Cf. ↑vertical combination)
Financial and business terms. 2012.