fulcrum

  • 31Fulcrum Fee — An additional, performance based fee an advisor charges a client. The advisor charges the fee when he or she achieves a return above a specified benchmark. This is one of the only performance based fees that advisors are allowed to charge clients …

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  • 32fulcrum — noun (plural fulcrums or fulcra) Etymology: Late Latin, from Latin, bedpost, from fulcire to prop more at balk Date: 1668 1. a. prop; specifically the support about which a lever turns b. one that supplies capability for action 2. a part of an… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 33fulcrum — (plural fulcra)) one of a variable number of specialized, often diamond shaped, scales in front of the anterior dorsal, anal and caudal fins in lower Teleostomi, e.g. in Acipenseridae, Lepisosteidae, Amiidae and Notacanthidae …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 34Fulcrum — noun NATO code name for the Soviet MiG 29 aircraft …

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  • 35fulcrum — A support or the point thereon on which a lever turns. [L. a bedpost, fr. fulcio, to prop up] …

    Medical dictionary

  • 36fulcrum — (лат.) опора, подпора …

    Словарь ботанических терминов

  • 37fulcrum — Synonyms and related words: advocate, alpenstock, arbor, arm, athletic supporter, axis, axle, axle bar, axle shaft, axle spindle, axle tree, back, backbone, backing, bandeau, bearer, bearing, bra, brace, bracer, bracket, brassiere, buttress, cane …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 38fulcrum — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. block, prop, support of a lever; see support 2 …

    English dictionary for students

  • 39fulcrum — ful|crum [ˈfulkrəm, ˈfʌl ] n plural fulcrums or fulcra [ krə] [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: bedpost ] the point on which a ↑lever (=bar) turns, balances, or is supported in turning or lifting something …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 40fulcrum — ful·crum || fÊŒlkrÉ™m n. point on which a lever is supported and turns …

    English contemporary dictionary