Definition of speculation

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Speculation (n.) The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets..

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Speculatory :: Speculatory (a.) Exercising speculation; speculative.
Finedrawn :: Finedrawn (a.) Drawn out with too much subtilty; overnice; as, finedrawn speculations..
Realize :: Realize (v. t.) To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain; to get; as, to realize large profits from a speculation..
Freethinking :: Freethinking (n.) Undue boldness of speculation; unbelief.
Inutility :: Inutility (n.) Uselessness; the quality of being unprofitable; unprofitableness; as, the inutility of vain speculations and visionary projects..
Theoretical :: Theoretical (a.) Pertaining to theory; depending on, or confined to, theory or speculation; speculative; terminating in theory or speculation: not practical; as, theoretical learning; theoretic sciences..
Daydream :: Daydream (n.) A vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope.
Theorization :: Theorization (n.) The act or product of theorizing; the formation of a theory or theories; speculation.
Speculative :: Speculative (a.) Involving, or formed by, speculation; ideal; theoretical; not established by demonstration..
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) The act of speculating.
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets..
Freethinking :: Freethinking (a.) Exhibiting undue boldness of speculation; skeptical.
Theoric :: Theoric (n.) Speculation; theory.
Speculative :: Speculative (a.) Of or pertaining to speculation in land, goods, shares, etc.; as, a speculative dealer or enterprise..
Dilettant :: Dilettant (a.) Of or pertaining to dilettanteism; amateur; as, dilettant speculation..
Reimburse :: Reimburse (v. t.) To make restoration or payment of an equivalent to (a person); to pay back to; to indemnify; -- often reflexive; as, to reimburse one's self by successful speculation..
Theory :: Theory (n.) A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation..
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) Mental view of anything in its various aspects and relations; contemplation; intellectual examination.
Bubble :: Bubble (n.) Anything that wants firmness or solidity; that which is more specious than real; a false show; a cheat or fraud; a delusive scheme; an empty project; a dishonest speculation; as, the South Sea bubble..
Transcendent :: Transcendent (a.) Transcending, or reaching beyond, the limits of human knowledge; -- applied to affirmations and speculations concerning what lies beyond the reach of the human intellect..
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