Neither a borrower nor lender be

Eliza M.
Every time one of these financial times comes around, a new buzzword arises to stabilize our fears against sad reminders of the last one.
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  1. crash
    break violently or noisily
  2. panic
    an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
  3. adjustment
    the act of making something different
  4. depression
    a sunken or lowered geological formation
  5. recession
    the act of returning control
  6. bubble
    a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)
  7. free
    able to act at will
  8. market
    a store where groceries are sold
  9. borrower
    someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent
  10. lender
    a person or institution that loans money
  11. shareholder
    someone who owns stock in a corporation
  12. customer
    someone who pays for goods or services
  13. correction
    the act of fixing a mistake
  14. bail out
    remove water from a boat by throwing it over the side
Created on Fri Sep 26 14:26:06 EDT 2008 (updated Fri Sep 26 14:30:14 EDT 2008)

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