Prospectus
[prə'spektəs] or [prə'spɛktəs]
Definition
(noun.) a formal written offer to sell securities (filed with the SEC) that sets forth a plan for a (proposed) business enterprise; 'a prospectus should contain the facts that an investor needs to make an informed decision'.
Typist: Tim--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A summary, plan, or scheme of something proposed, affording a prospect of its nature; especially, an exposition of the scheme of an unpublished literary work.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Plan (of a literary work), outline, scheme.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Programme, plan, catalogue, announcement, bill, scheme, compendium
ANT:Subject, transaction, proceeding, &c
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Examples
- He knew, though, the hand which had written the prospectus. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Her mother was going into town to call on some English family, who had applied for a prospectus: my services were needed as interpreter. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- In the prospectus book among the series of famous note-books, all the references and data apply to gas. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- They made speeches, and passed resolutions, and put their names down, and printed off thousands of prospectuses. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Will you have the goodness to accept of a few prospectuses for distribution in behalf of a friend of mine? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I believe, we have some of their prospectuses, if you would like to have one. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- She wrote out his numerous memorials, letters, prospectuses, and projects. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I must distribute my prospectuses. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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