Parser and Pickup

noun

• A computer program that divides code up into functional components.
  • usage: "compilers must parse source code in order to translate it into object code"

noun

• A light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard.
  • synonyms: pickup truck
• A warrant to take someone into custody.
  • usage: "put out a pickup on that man"
• Anything with restorative powers.
  • usage: "she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her"
  • synonyms: pick-me-up
• A casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships.
• The attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration.
  • usage: "his car has a lot of pickup"
  • synonyms: getaway
• Mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge.
  • synonyms: tone arm, pickup arm
• An electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable.
  • synonyms: cartridge
• The act or process of picking up or collecting from various places.
  • usage: "garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays"
• The act of taking aboard passengers or freight. .

• (n.) Act of picking up, as, in various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.
• (n.) That which picks up;.
• (n.) = Brush b.
• (n.) One that is picked up, as a meal hastily got up for the occasion, a chance acquaintance, an informal game, etc.

Pickup is the gain in yield that occurs when a block of bonds is swapped for another block of higher-coupon bonds.