Execution and Block

noun

• Putting a condemned person to death.
  • synonyms: executing, capital punishment, death penalty
• The act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it.
  • usage: "they criticised his performance as mayor"; "experience generally improves performance"
  • synonyms: performance, carrying out, carrying into action
• Computer science. ( the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer)
  • synonyms: instruction execution
• Law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it. ( so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable)
  • synonyms: execution of instrument
• A routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out.
  • synonyms: writ of execution
• The act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order.
  • usage: "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy"
  • synonyms: implementation, carrying out
• Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being.
  • synonyms: murder, slaying

• (n.) The carrying into effect the judgment given in a court of law.
• (n.) A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect; final process.
• (n.) The act of the mode of performing a work of art, of performing on an instrument, of engraving, etc.; as, the execution of a statue, painting or piece of music.
• (n.) That which is executed or accomplished; effect; effective work; -- usually with do.
• (n.) The act of signing, and delivering a legal instrument or giving it the forms required to render it valid; as, the execution of a deed or a will.
• (n.) A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, the execution of a murderer.
• (n.) The act of sacking a town.
• (n.) The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc.

Execution is the process of completing an order to buy or sell securities. Once a trade is executed, it is reported by a Confirmation Report; settlement (payment and transfer of ownership) occurs in the U. S. Between one (mutual funds) and three (stocks) days after an order is executed. The time varies greatly across countries. In France, for example settlements are only once per month.

noun

• A solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides. )
  • usage: "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks"
• A rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings.
  • usage: "he lives in the next block"
  • synonyms: city block
• A three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides.
  • synonyms: cube
• A number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit.
  • usage: "he reserved a large block of seats"; "he held a large block of the company's stock"
• Housing in a large building that is divided into separate units.
  • usage: "there is a block of classrooms in the west wing"
• Computer science. ( a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted)
  • usage: "since blocks are often defined as a single sector, the terms `block' and `sector' are sometimes used interchangeably"
• An inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension.
  • usage: "I knew his name perfectly well but I had a temporary block"
  • synonyms: mental block
• A simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope.
  • synonyms: pulley, pulley-block, pulley block
• A metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine.
  • usage: "the engine had to be replaced because the block was cracked"
  • synonyms: engine block, cylinder block
• An obstruction in a pipe or tube.
  • usage: "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"
  • synonyms: blockage, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage
• A platform from which an auctioneer sells.
  • usage: "they put their paintings on the block"
  • synonyms: auction block
• The act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements.
  • synonyms: blocking

verb

• Render unsuitable for passage.
  • usage: "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"
  • synonyms: barricade, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar
• Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of.
  • usage: "His brother blocked him at every turn"
  • synonyms: obstruct, blockade, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass
• Stop from happening or developing.
  • usage: "Block his election"; "Halt the process"
  • synonyms: stop, halt, kibosh
• Interfere with or prevent the reception of signals.
  • usage: "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station"
  • synonyms: jam
• Run on a block system.
  • usage: "block trains"
• Interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia.
  • usage: "block a nerve"; "block a muscle"
• Shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight.
  • usage: "The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage"; "The trees obstruct my view of the mountains"
  • synonyms: obstruct
• Stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block.
  • usage: "block the book cover"
• Obstruct.
  • usage: "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked"
  • synonyms: stuff, lug, choke up
• Block passage through.
  • usage: "obstruct the path"
  • synonyms: obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, close up
• Support, secure, or raise with a block.
  • usage: "block a plate for printing"; "block the wheels of a car"
• Impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball. )
  • usage: "block an attack"
  • synonyms: parry, deflect
• Be unable to remember.
  • usage: "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife"
  • synonyms: forget, blank out, draw a blank
• Shape by using a block.
  • usage: "Block a hat"; "block a garment"
• Shape into a block or blocks.
  • usage: "block the graphs so one can see the results clearly"
• Prohibit the conversion or use of (assets. )
  • usage: "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"
  • synonyms: freeze, immobilize, immobilise

• (v.t.) The solid piece of wood on which condemned persons lay their necks when they are beheaded.
• (n.) To obstruct so as to prevent passage or progress; to prevent passage from, through or into, by obstructing the way; -- used both of persons and things; -- often followed by up; as, to block up a road or harbor.
• (v.t.) The pattern or shape of a hat.
• (v.t.) A blockhead; a stupid fellow; a dolt.
• (v.t.) A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See Block system, below.
• (v.t.) The wooden mold on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
• (v.t.) Any obstruction or cause of obstruction; a stop; a hindrance; an obstacle; as, a block in the way.
• (v.t.) A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on which a butcher chops his meat; a block by which to mount a horse; children's playing blocks, etc.
• (n.) To shape on or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.
• (v.t.) A piece of hard wood (as mahogany or cherry) on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted to make it type high.
• (v.t.) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
• (n.) To secure or support by means of blocks; to secure, as two boards at their angles of intersection, by pieces of wood glued to each.
• (v.t.) A grooved pulley or sheave incased in a frame or shell which is provided with a hook, eye or strap, by which it may be attached to an object. It is used to change the direction of motion, as in raising a heavy object that can not be conveniently reached, and also, when two or more such sheaves are compounded, to change the rate of motion or to exert increased force; -- used especially in the rigging of ships, and in tackles.
• (v.t.) A square or portion of a city inclosed by streets, whether occupied by buildings or not.
• (v.t.) A piece of box or other wood for engravers' work.
• (v.t.) A large or long building divided into separate houses or shops or a number of houses or shops built in contact with each other so as to form one building; a row of houses or shops.
• (n.) A block hole.
• (n.) The popping crease.
• (n.) In Australia, one of the large lots into which public land, when opened to settlers, is divided by the government surveyors.
• (n.) The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.

Large quantity of stock or large dollar amount of bonds held or traded. As a rule of thumb, 10, 000 shares or more of stock and $200, 000 or more worth of bonds would be described as a' Block'.