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low-pressure — UK US adjective [before noun] ► MARKETING used to describe methods of selling that involve influencing customers in a gentle way rather than persuading them in a forceful way: »Businesses are using more low pressure tactics to engage their… … Financial and business terms
selling — Synonyms and related words: accouterment, allurement, armament, blandishment, cajolement, cajolery, catering, chandlery, coaxing, conning, consumer preference study, consumer research, consumer survey, direct mail selling, endowment, engagement,… … Moby Thesaurus
Low-carbohydrate diet — Low carbohydrate diets or low carb diets are dietary programs that restrict carbohydrate consumption usually for weight control or for the treatment of obesity. Foods high in digestible carbohydrates (e.g. bread, pasta) are limited or replaced… … Wikipedia
Low-rise jeans — Low rise jeans, worn by both men and women, are jeans intended to sit low on, or below, the hips. They are also called lowcut jeans, hipsters, hip huggers and lowriders. Usually they sit at least 8 centimetres (3 inches) lower than the belly… … Wikipedia
Low Countries, history of — Introduction history of the Low Countries from prehistoric times to 1579. For historical purposes, the name Low Countries is generally understood to include the territory of what is today The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, as… … Universalium
Naked short selling — Schematic representation of naked short selling in two steps. The short seller sells shares without owning them. He then purchases and delivers the shares for a different market price. If the short seller cannot afford the shares in the second… … Wikipedia
Gluhareff Pressure Jet — The Gluhareff Pressure Jet (or tip jet) is a type of jet engine that, like a Pulse jet, has no moving parts. It was invented by Eugene Gluhareff, a Russian engineer who envisaged it as a power plant for personal helicopters and compact aircraft… … Wikipedia
Negative pressure ventilator — This article is about the medical device. For the band, see Iron Lung (band). Negative pressure ventilator Intervention An Emerson iron lung. The patient lies within the chamber, which when sealed provides an effectively oscillating atmospheric… … Wikipedia
France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… … Universalium
japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… … Universalium
Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… … Universalium
