Look up: pickup

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   Pickup
   The gain in yield that occurs when a block of bonds is swapped for another block of higher-coupon bonds.
   Found on http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial
   
   
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   Pickup
   Is the enhancement in yield or income relative to a comparable treasury instrument.
   Found on http://www.oasismanagement.com/glossary/
   
   
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   pickup
   [n] - a casual acquaintance 2. [n] - (informal) a warrant to take someone into custody 3. [n] - the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration 4. [n] - anything with restorative powers 5. [n] - a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard 6. [n] - the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places 7. [n] - the act of taking aboard passengers or freight
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
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   Pickup
   1) A device on an electric guitar (or other instrument) that puts out an audio signal according to the string motion on the instrument.
   2) A device that puts out an audio signal according to the vibration of something; this term means the same thing as a contact microphone.
   Found on http://www.testing1212.co.uk/a.htm
   
   
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   Pickup
   A Pickup is a magnet wrapped in wires which sits on the face of an electric guitar, underneath the strings. When the strings move, it interferes with the magnetic field of the pickup and that impulse is sent to the amplifier. The impulse is then modified at the amplifier.
   Found on http://www.testing1212.co.uk/a.htm
   
   
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   Pickup
   The part of a guitar that converts the string vibrations to electrical signals.
   Found on http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/music%
   
   
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   Pickup
   A coil wound with fine enamelled copper wire which converts The vibrations of The guitar strings into electrical signals
   Found on http://www.guitartools.co.uk/guitar_and_
   
   
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   pickup
   a light truck having an open body with low sides and tailboard mounted usu. on a passenger car chassis. Category: Transport
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
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   pickup
   pickup truck noun a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
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    pickup
    getaway noun the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration; `his car has a lot of pickup`
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    pickup
    noun the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places; `garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays`
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    pickup
    noun a warrant to take someone into custody; `put out a pickup on that man`
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    pickup
    noun a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships
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    Pickup
    `Pickup` or `pick-up` may refer to: *Pickup (music), a device which detects vibrations from musical instruments *Anacrusis or upbeat, also called pickup note(s) *Pickup artist, a man who is skilled in meeting, attracting, and seducing women *Pick-up (film), minor shots filmed after the primary filming of a movie to augment what has already been shot *Pick-up (gaming), anything that you collect whilst playing a video game *Pickup group or Pickup ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickup
    
    
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    Pickup
    • (n.) Act of picking up, as, in various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground. • (n.) That which picks up; • (n.) = Brush b. • (n.) One that is picked up, as a meal hastily got up for the occasion, a chance acquaintance, an informal game, etc.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
    
    
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    pickup
    (from the article `sound recording`) ...A stereophonic recording provides the two separate signal channels as oscillations perpendicular to either one or the other of the faces of the ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/65
    
    
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    pickup
    (from the article `stringed instrument`) ...as an electrophone. The electric guitar may be hollow-bodied like a traditional guitar or solid-bodied, but in either case amplification of the ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/65
    
    
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    Pickup
    The gain in yield that occurs when a block of bonds is swapped for another block of higher-coupon bonds.
    Found on http://www.duke.edu/~charvey/Classes/wpg
    
    
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    Pickup
    The yield gained as a result of swapping a block of bonds for another block with higher coupon rates. Discover What It’s Like to Live Easy With EquiTrend
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    Pickup
    Device that takes the string vibration that you create and transform it into an electronic signal. This signal it then used in amplifiers to boost the sound.
    Found on http://mediawebsource.com/guitar/glossar