Complement and Circle

noun

• A word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction.
• A complete number or quantity.
  • usage: "a full complement"
• Number needed to make up a whole force.
  • usage: "a full complement of workers"
  • synonyms: full complement
• Something added to complete or embellish or make perfect.
  • usage: "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner"; "wild rice was served as an accompaniment to the main dish"
  • synonyms: accompaniment
• One of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response.
• Either of two parts that mutually complete each other.

verb

• Make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to.
  • usage: "I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup"

• (v.t.) To supply a lack; to supplement.
• (v.t.) The whole working force of a vessel.
• (v.t.) Something added for ornamentation; an accessory.
• (v.t.) To compliment.
• (v.t.) A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity.
• (v.t.) A compliment.
• (v.t.) Full quantity, number or amount; a complete set; completeness.
• (v.t.) The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third.
• (v.t.) That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.
• (v.t.) That which is required to supply a deficiency or to complete a symmetrical whole.

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.