axe

axe

1. kirves

Synonyymisanakirja

axe

kirves, teräase.

Englannin sanakirja

axe (englanti > suomi)

1. kirves

axe englanniksi

1. A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.

2. An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.

3. puhekieltä A dismissal or rejection.

His girlfriend/boss/schoolmaster gave him the axe.

4. 1975, (w), (w)

I had a job in the great North Woods

Workin' as a cook for a spell.

But I never did like it all that much

And one day the axe just fell.

5. puhekieltä A gig gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.

6. puhekieltä A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.http://www.risk.net/public/showPage.html?page=132529 Shedding the correlation ‘axe’, Risk magazine

A financial dealer has an axe in a stock that his buyers don't know about, giving him an advantage in making the most profit.

Those stocks are losing value quickly; he's axed to sell now before they drop even lower.

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