单词 | instrument |
释义 | instrument instrument // noun [C]
DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENT, FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT, TRUST INSTRUMENT
1 (Finance ) any investment such as shares, bonds, options, futures, etc. that is bought and sold in an organized system: We have had to replace our investments with lower-yielding instruments. fixed-income instruments equity/liquid/low-risk instruments They invest in a mixture of money market and capital market instruments. SYN FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT
2 a tool or device used for a particular task, especially for delicate or scientific work: optical/precision/surgical instruments
3 a device used for measuring speed, distance, temperature, etc. in a vehicle or on a piece of machinery: the flight instruments the instrument panel
4 (Law ) a formal legal document: an instrument of transfer (= that shows that property has been passed to sb else) |
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