(finance, informal) Risky alternatives to cash, such as convertible securities, low interest debentures, or warrants, when they are used to purchase shares in a company.

plural of Chinese patent medicine

(traditional Chinese medicine) Herbal medicine modernized into a ready-to-use form such as tablets, oral solutions or dry suspensions, as opposed to herbs that require cooking.

plural of Chinese spider

Synonym of spider skimmer (“kitchen utensil”)

Synonym of Standard Mandarin

(dated) A term for the Republic of China in Taiwan as opposed to Communist China, i.e. the People's Republic of China, primarily used during the Cold War prior to 1979.

plural of chinafish

Synonym of quinacrine

Any of several fish of the family Ophicephalidae or of the genus Sebastodes