Complement and Combination

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

• A collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities.
• A coordinated sequence of chess moves.
• A sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock.
  • usage: "he forgot the combination to the safe"
• A group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose.
  • usage: "they were a winning combination"
• An alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes. )
• The act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order.
• The act of combining things to form a new whole.
  • synonyms: combining, compounding

• (n.) The act or process of combining or uniting persons and things.
• (n.) The different arrangements of a number of objects, as letters, into groups.
• (n.) The act or process of uniting by chemical affinity, by which substances unite with each other in definite proportions by weight to form distinct compounds.
• (n.) The result of combining or uniting; union of persons or things; especially a union or alliance of persons or states to effect some purpose; -- usually in a bad sense.

Applies to derivative products. Arrangement of options involving two long or two short positions with different expiration dates or strike (exercise) prices. See: Straddle.