"paint the tape" meaning in English

See paint the tape in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: paints the tape [present, singular, third-person], painting the tape [participle, present], painted the tape [participle, past], painted the tape [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} paint the tape (third-person singular simple present paints the tape, present participle painting the tape, simple past and past participle painted the tape)
  1. To engage in tape painting; to engage in wash trades. Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-paint_the_tape-en-verb-COT97T2m Disambiguation of Finance: 89 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 95 5 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 93 7
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see paint, tape.
    Sense id: en-paint_the_tape-en-verb-LNrEAbZI

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for paint the tape meaning in English (1.8kB)

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