(idiomatic) To settle for a poor option due to a lack or unavailability of anything better

(idiomatic) Very little; not a lot.

plural of old penny

(finance) To carry out the supposed practice whereby locals (floor traders trading for their own account) buy or sell to push prices towards where they suspect stop loss orders lie, with a view to profiting from the resulting acceleration of the move when those orders hit the market.

(Britain) Within a very short distance.

(stock market) A conditional order placed with a stockbroker (or similar) to close one's position if the market drops (or rises in some cases) to a specified price level.

(inorganic chemistry) The compound boron trioxide.

(ditransitive) To disclose information to someone; to tell somebody a secret or share privileged information.

(intransitive) To separate off from the main body, to move off to one side; as in troop movements on a parade ground or an organized retreat, or columns in a procession.

(chemistry) a white, powdered alkali, Li₂O, used in the manufacture of glass and ceramics