Array and Circle

noun

• An orderly arrangement.
  • usage: "an array of troops in battle order"
• An impressive display.
  • usage: "it was a bewildering array of books"; "his tools were in an orderly array on the basement wall"
• Especially fine or decorative clothing.
  • synonyms: raiment, regalia
• An arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics.

verb

• Lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line.
  • usage: "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments"
  • synonyms: range, lay out, set out
• Align oneself with a group or a way of thinking.
  • synonyms: align

• (n.) Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array.
• (n.) To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; -- applied especially to dress of a splendid kind.
• (n.) To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal.
• (n.) The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
• (n.) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them man by man.
• (n.) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause.
• (n.) The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers.
• (n.) An imposing series of things.
• (n.) Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel.
• (n.) The panel itself.

noun

• Ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point.
  • usage: "he calculated the circumference of the circle"
• An unofficial association of people or groups.
  • usage: "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"
  • synonyms: set, band, lot
• Something approximating the shape of a circle.
  • usage: "the chairs were arranged in a circle"
• Movement once around a course.
  • usage: "he drove an extra lap just for insurance"
  • synonyms: lap, circuit
• A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.
  • usage: "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary"
  • synonyms: traffic circle, rotary, roundabout
• Street names for flunitrazepan.
  • synonyms: R-2, Mexican valium, rophy, rope, roofy, roach, forget me drug
• A curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra.
  • usage: "they had excellent seats in the dress circle"
  • synonyms: dress circle
• Any circular or rotating mechanism.
  • usage: "the machine punched out metal circles"
  • synonyms: round

verb

• Travel around something.
  • usage: "circle the globe"
• Move in circles.
  • synonyms: circulate
• Form a circle around.
  • usage: "encircle the errors"
  • synonyms: encircle

• (n.) Indirect form of words; circumlocution.
• (n.) A circular group of persons; a ring.
• (n.) An instrument of observation, the graduated limb of which consists of an entire circle.
• (n.) A round body; a sphere; an orb.
• (n.) To move around; to revolve around.
• (n.) Compass; circuit; inclosure.
• (n.) A territorial division or district.
• (n.) A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
• (n.) A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning.
• (n.) To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to encircle.
• (v.i.) To move circularly; to form a circle; to circulate.
• (n.) A company assembled or conceived to assemble, about a central point of interest or bound by a common tie; a class or division of society; a coterie; a set.
• (n.) The line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a ring.
• (n.) A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the center.

Underwriters, actual or potential, often seek out and "Circle" investor interest in a new issue before final pricing. The customer circled has basically made a commitment to purchase the issue if it is available at an agreed-upon price. If the actual price is other than that stipulated, the customer supposedly has first offer at the actual price.