strangle
A trading strategy using options, constructed through taking equal positions in a put…A trading strategy using options, constructed through taking equal positions in a put and a call with different strike prices, such that there is a payoff if the underlying asset's value moves beyond the range of the two strike prices.
Meaning
1 sensesA trading strategy using options, constructed through taking equal positions in a put and a call with different strike prices, such that there is a payoff if the underlying asset's value moves beyond the range of the two strike prices.
Examples
132 sentencesTom was strangled.
Тома задушили. — deniko
ruТом был задушен. — Wezel
deTom wurde erwürgt. — Felixjp
We know that Tom was strangled.
ruМы знаем, что Тома задушили. — odexed
Detectives said Tom strangled his girlfriend.
deDer Kriminalpolizei zufolge hat Tom seine Freundin stranguliert. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom was strangled in his sleep.
Tom strangled Mary with a rope.
ruТом задушил Мэри верёвкой. — marafon
deTom erwürgte Mary mit einem Seil. — dispy
Origin
From Middle English stranglen, from Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulō, strangulāFrom Middle English stranglen, from Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulō, strangulāre, from Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai, “to be strangled”), from στραγγάλη (strangálē, “a halter”); compare στραγγός (strangós, “twisted”) and string. Displaced Middle English worien (“to strangle”) (> English worry).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source