Execution and Under

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.

adjective

• Located below or beneath something else.
  • usage: "nether garments"; "the under parts of a machine"
  • synonyms: nether
• Lower in rank, power, or authority.
  • usage: "an under secretary"

adverb

• Down to defeat, death, or ruin.
  • usage: "their competitors went under"
• Through a range downward.
  • usage: "children six and under will be admitted free"
• Into unconsciousness.
  • usage: "this will put the patient under"
• In or into a state of subordination or subjugation.
  • usage: "we must keep our disappointment under"
• Below some quantity or limit.
  • usage: "fifty dollars or under"
• Below the horizon.
  • usage: "the sun went under"
• Down below.
  • usage: "get under quickly"
• Further down.
  • usage: "see under for further discussion"
  • synonyms: below

• (prep.) Denoting relation to some thing or person that is superior, weighs upon, oppresses, bows down, governs, directs, influences powerfully or the like, in a relation of subjection, subordination, obligation, liability or the like; as, to travel under a heavy load; to live under extreme oppression; to have fortitude under the evils of life; to have patience under pain or under misfortunes; to behave like a Christian under reproaches and injuries; under the pains and penalties of the law; the condition under which one enters upon an office; under the necessity of obeying the laws; under vows of chastity.
• (adv.) In a lower, subject or subordinate condition; in subjection; -- used chiefly in a few idiomatic phrases; as, to bring under, to reduce to subjection; to subdue; to keep under, to keep in subjection; to control; to go under, to be unsuccessful; to fail.
• (prep.) Less specifically, denoting the relation of being subject, of undergoing regard, treatment or the like; as, a bill under discussion.
• (prep.) Denoting relation to something that comprehends or includes, that represents or designates, that furnishes a cover, pretext, pretense or the like; as, he betrayed him under the guise of friendship; Morpheus is represented under the figure of a boy asleep.
• (prep.) Denoting relation to something that exceeds in rank or degree, in number, size, weight, age or the like; in a relation of the less to the greater, of inferiority or of falling short.
• (prep.) Below or lower, in place or position, with the idea of being covered; lower than; beneath; -- opposed to over; as, he stood under a tree; the carriage is under cover; a cellar extends under the whole house.
• (a.) Lower in position, intensity, rank or degree; subject; subordinate; -- generally in composition with a noun, and written with or without the hyphen; as, an undercurrent; undertone; underdose; under-garment; underofficer; undersheriff.