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Execution and Root

noun

  • Putting a condemned person to death.
  • 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"
  • Computer science. ( the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer)
  • 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)
  • 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.
  • The act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order.
    • usage: "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy"
  • Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being.

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

  • Botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground. (
  • The place where something begins, where it springs into being.
    • usage: "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"
  • Linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed. (
    • usage: "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
  • A number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number.
  • The set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation.
  • Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent.
  • A simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes.
  • The part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support.

verb

  • Take root and begin to grow.
    • usage: "this plant roots quickly"
  • Come into existence, originate.
    • usage: "The problem roots in her depression"
  • Plant by the roots.
  • Dig with the snout.
    • usage: "the pig was rooting for truffles"
  • Become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style.
    • usage: "He finally settled down"
  • Cause to take roots. .