For Box we have terms and definitions in 22 topics. The topics are Backgammon, Bowling, Car Racing, Casino, Charles Dickens, Cigar, Cricket, Dream, Finance, Financial, Horse Racing, Ice Hockey, International Economics, Juggling, Luge, Microbiology, Motorcross, Newspaper Design, Plumbing, RV, Soccer and Spy.

Box (Backgammon)

[Short for "man in the box," a person in a difficult or trying position.] The player in a chouette who plays alone against all the others.

Box (Bowling)

A single frame.

Box (Car Racing)

The transmission.

Box (Casino)

In craps, the area of the dice table controlled by the boxman, where the center bets are placed.

Box (Charles Dickens)

The driver's seat of a coach. (A Tale of Two Cities)

Box (Cigar)

The traditional wooden container, with a cedar sheet inside, used to package cigars - not to be confused with a humidor. Cabinet Selection is a wooden box with a sliding top designed to hold 25 or 50 cigars. 8-9-8 is a rounded-sided box designed to house three rows of cigars - eight on the bottom, nine in the middle and eight on the top, usually tied with a ribbon and covered with special acid-free paper. The flat top, sometimes known as the 13-topper, is a flat rectangular box with 12 cigars on the bottom and 13 on the top, divided by a wooden spacer.

Box (Cricket)

A protector worn by batsmen to protect the unmentionables.

Box (Dream)

Opening a goods box in your dream, signifies untold wealth and that delightful journeys to distant places may be made with happy results. If the box is empty disappointment in works of all kinds will follow.
To see full money boxes, augurs cessation from business cares and a pleasant retirement.

Box (Finance)

The actual physical location at a brokerage house or bank where securities or other documents are stored for safekeeping. Alternatively, a quotation machine or battery march.

Box (Financial)

Has two primary meanings. It can refer to an options strategy or an operations term. For the later, it is the safe, cabinet, or other physical depository for securities which is located in the back office. Has two primary meanings. It can refer to an options strategy or an operations term. For the later, it is the safe, cabinet, or other physical depository for securities which is located in the back office.
When box refers to an to an options strategy it is the placement of both a bull and a bear spread. One spread is comprised of puts and the other is comprised of calls. Both spreads have the same expiration. It is an arbitrage technique which self-liquidates at expiration. Boxes can be executed as either debit or credit strategies.
When box refers to an to an options strategy it is the placement of both a bull and a bear spread. One spread is comprised of puts and the other is comprised of calls. Both spreads have the same expiration. It is an arbitrage technique which self-liquidates at expiration. Boxes can be executed as either debit or credit strategies.

Box (Horse Racing)

A wagering term denoting a combination bet in which all possible numeric combinations are covered.

Box (Ice Hockey)

1) A defensive formation, when a team is short-handed, in which the four remaining skaters form a square. 2) The penalty box.

Box (International Economics)

Used with a color, a category of subsidies based on status in WTO: red=forbidden, amber=go slow, green=permitted, blue=subsidies tied to production limits. Terminology seems only to be used in agriculture, where in fact there is no red box.

Box (Juggling)

Also known as curtains or shower curtains, this deceptively difficult 3 ball trick involves a ball in each hand that is thrown in a column whilst the third ball is thrown back and forth between the hands underneath. Another way to describe it is as a single throw of a shower to the right followed immediately by a single throw of a shower to the left - and repeat. They're not really shower throws though as the balls are supposed to go straight up and down. The box makes a very pleasing box shape, not surprisingly.

Box (Luge)

A hollowed out section of the kufens that holds the gummies and bridge legs.

Box (Microbiology)

Refers to a short nucleic acid consensus sequence or motif that is universal within kingdoms of organisms. Examples of DNA boxes are the Pribow box (TATAAT) for RNA polymerase, the Hogness box (TATA) that has a similar function in eukaryotic organisms, and the homeo box. RNA boxes have also been described, such as Pilipenko's Box-A motif that may be involved in ribosome binding in some viral RNAs.

Box (Motorcross)

Jump

Box (Newspaper Design)

A ruled border around a story or art.

Box (Plumbing)

Internal (female) threaded end of pipe.

Box (RV)

The ?ouse,?or living space, of a type A motorhome.

Box (Soccer)

See "18-Yard Box"

Box (Spy)

Slang for Britain's security service, MI.5.

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