Function and House

noun

• Mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function. ()
  • synonyms: mathematical function, single-valued function, map, mapping
• What something is used for.
  • usage: "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it"
  • synonyms: purpose, role, use
• The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group.
  • usage: "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role"
  • synonyms: office, part, role
• A relation such that one thing is dependent on another.
  • usage: "height is a function of age"; "price is a function of supply and demand"
• A formal or official social gathering or ceremony.
  • usage: "it was a black-tie function"
• A vaguely specified social event.
  • usage: "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions"
  • synonyms: affair, occasion, social occasion, social function
• A set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program.
  • synonyms: routine, subroutine, subprogram, procedure

verb

• Perform as expected when applied.
  • usage: "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore"
  • synonyms: work, operate, go, run
• Serve a purpose, role, or function.
  • usage: "The tree stump serves as a table"; "The female students served as a control group"; "This table would serve very well"; "His freedom served him well"; "The table functions as a desk"
  • synonyms: serve
• Perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function.
  • usage: "His wife officiated as his private secretary"
  • synonyms: officiate

• (v.i.) Alternative of Functionate.
• (n.) The course of action which peculiarly pertains to any public officer in church or state; the activity appropriate to any business or profession.
• (n.) A quantity so connected with another quantity, that if any alteration be made in the latter there will be a consequent alteration in the former. Each quantity is said to be a function of the other. Thus, the circumference of a circle is a function of the diameter. If x be a symbol to which different numerical values can be assigned, such expressions as x2, 3x, Log. x, and Sin. x, are all functions of x.
• (n.) The act of executing or performing any duty, office or calling; per formance.
• (n.) The appropriate action of any special organ or part of an animal or vegetable organism; as, the function of the heart or the limbs; the function of leaves, sap, roots, etc.; life is the sum of the functions of the various organs and parts of the body.
• (n.) The natural or assigned action of any power or faculty, as of the soul or of the intellect; the exertion of an energy of some determinate kind.
• (n.) A public or social ceremony or gathering; a festivity or entertainment, especially one somewhat formal.
• (n.) A religious ceremony, especially one particularly impressive and elaborate.

noun

• A dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families.
  • usage: "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house"
• The members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments.
  • usage: "he worked for a brokerage house"
  • synonyms: firm, business firm
• The members of a religious community living together.
• The audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema.
  • usage: "the house applauded"; "he counted the house"
• An official assembly having legislative powers.
  • usage: "a bicameral legislature has two houses"
• Aristocratic family line.
  • usage: "the House of York"
• Play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults.
  • usage: "the children were playing house"
• Astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided.
  • synonyms: sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, planetary house
• The management of a gambling house or casino.
  • usage: "the house gets a percentage of every bet"
• A social unit living together.
  • usage: "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home"
  • synonyms: family, household, home, menage
• A building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented.
  • usage: "the house was full"
  • synonyms: theater, theatre
• A building in which something is sheltered or located.
  • usage: "they had a large carriage house"

verb

• Contain or cover.
  • usage: "This box houses the gears"
• Provide housing for.
  • usage: "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town"
  • synonyms: put up, domiciliate

• (v.t.) To deposit and cover, as in the grave.
• (v.t.) To take or put into a house; to shelter under a roof; to cover from the inclemencies of the weather; to protect by covering; as, to house one's family in a comfortable home; to house farming utensils; to house cattle.
• (n.) A public house; an inn; a hotel.
• (n.) A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece.
• (n.) Those who dwell in the same house; a household.
• (n.) A twelfth part of the heavens, as divided by six circles intersecting at the north and south points of the horizon, used by astrologers in noting the positions of the heavenly bodies, and casting horoscopes or nativities. The houses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon, called the ascendant, first house or house of life, downward or in the direction of the earth's revolution, the stars and planets passing through them in the reverse order every twenty-four hours.
• (n.) An audience; an assembly of hearers, as at a lecture, a theater, etc.; as, a thin or a full house.
• (v.t.) To admit to residence; to harbor.
• (n.) A family of ancestors, descendants, and kindred; a race of persons from the same stock; a tribe; especially, a noble family or an illustrious race; as, the house of Austria; the house of Hanover; the house of Israel.
• (v.i.) To have a position in one of the houses. See House, n., 8.
• (n.) A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a dwelling place, a mansion.
• (n.) The grave.
• (v.t.) To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe; as, to house the upper spars.
• (n.) A firm or commercial establishment.
• (v.i.) To take shelter or lodging; to abide to dwell; to lodge.
• (n.) One of the estates of a kingdom or other government assembled in parliament or legislature; a body of men united in a legislative capacity; as, the House of Lords; the House of Commons; the House of Representatives; also, a quorum of such a body. See Congress, and Parliament.
• (n.) The body, as the habitation of the soul.
• (n.) Household affairs; domestic concerns; particularly in the phrase to keep house. See below.
• (v.t.) To drive to a shelter.

Firms that conduct business as broker-dealers in securities or in the investment banking field are characterized as' House's.