Definition of speculation

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Speculation (n.) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.

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Pan :: Pan (v. i.) To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly..
Speculator :: Speculator (n.) One who engages in speculation; one who buys and sells goods, land, etc., with the expectation of deriving profit from fluctuations in price..
Owing :: Owing (P. p. & a.) Had or experienced as a consequence, result, issue, etc.; ascribable; -- with to; as, misfortunes are often owing to vices; his failure was owing to speculations..
Theory :: Theory (n.) A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation..
Deal :: Deal (n.) An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of interested parties; -- applied to stock speculations and political bargains.
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) Mental view of anything in its various aspects and relations; contemplation; intellectual examination.
Inutility :: Inutility (n.) Uselessness; the quality of being unprofitable; unprofitableness; as, the inutility of vain speculations and visionary projects..
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
Trancscendental :: Trancscendental (a.) Vaguely and ambitiously extravagant in speculation, imagery, or diction..
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) Examination by the eye; view.
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; view; notion; conjecture.
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) The act of speculating.
Theoric :: Theoric (n.) Speculation; theory.
Reimburse :: Reimburse (v. t.) To make restoration or payment of an equivalent to (a person); to pay back to; to indemnify; -- often reflexive; as, to reimburse one's self by successful speculation..
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) A game at cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes..
Speculative :: Speculative (a.) Given to speculation; contemplative.
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets..
Plunge :: Plunge (n.) Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation.
Rush :: Rush (v. i.) To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or speculation..
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) Any business venture in involving unusual risks, with a chance for large profits..
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