| 单词 | open-ended |
| 释义 | open-ended open-ended adjective
1 (especially BrE) (AmE usually open-end) without any limits, aims or dates fixed in advance: an open-ended discussion The contract is open-ended.
2 (Finance ) (also open-end, especially in AmE) (about a loan) allowing extra amounts to be borrowed at a later time, under the same conditions as the original loan: The open-ended loan allows us to borrow money when we need it. an open-end credit account ⇨ REVOLVING CREDIT
3 (Finance ) (usually open-end) used to describe a type of investment company that can issue and buy back shares at any time according to how many members it has, rather than having a fixed number of shares: an open-ended fund/investment company OPP CLOSED-END ⇨ UNIT TRUST
4 (also open-end, less frequent) (both especially AmE) (about a question) requiring sb to answer with an opinion rather than with ‘yes' or ‘no': Avoid open-ended questions in the survey, as these are difficult to quantify. SYN OPEN |
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