Despite his belief in the efficiency of markets, he would occasionally take a flyer on a company's shares.
Financial and business terms. 2012.
take a flyer on sb/sth — take a flyer (on sb/sth) INFORMAL ► to take a risk by doing something that could have good or bad results: »Despite his belief in the efficiency of markets, he would occasionally take a flyer on a company s shares. Main Entry: ↑flyer … Financial and business terms
take a flyer — (on sb/sth) INFORMAL ► to take a risk by doing something that could have good or bad results: »Despite his belief in the efficiency of markets, he would occasionally take a flyer on a company s shares. Main Entry: ↑flyer … Financial and business terms
take a flyer on sb — take a flyer (on sb/sth) INFORMAL ► to take a risk by doing something that could have good or bad results: »Despite his belief in the efficiency of markets, he would occasionally take a flyer on a company s shares. Main Entry: ↑flyer … Financial and business terms
flyer — fly‧er [ˈflaɪə ǁ ər] also flier noun [countable] a small sheet of paper that is used to advertise something. Flyers are usually handed out in the street or delivered to people s houses: • We hand out flyers advertising our events to clubbers as… … Financial and business terms
advertisement — ad|ver|tise|ment S3 [ədˈvə:tısmənt US ˌædvərˈtaız ] n 1.) also ad informal advert BrE a picture, set of words, or a short film, which is intended to persuade people to buy a product or use a service, or that gives information about a job that is… … Dictionary of contemporary English
