(finance) The twice-daily setting of the price of gold in the London bullion market.

(law) In antitrust law, collusion between competitors in order to raise prices, at the expense of the consumer.

Of a plant, microbe, etc., able to convert inorganic nitrogen into a form usable in the biosphere.

(sports) The act of losing, or playing to a pre-determined result, in sports matches after betting against oneself.

A situation in which a group of political parties band together to take opposing sides of certain issues, but take the same side on other issues. If the parties are powerful enough, voters on the opposite side of the other issues are left without a viable voting option. Instead, they must either not vote, vote for a candidate of another political party that stands no chance of winning, or vote for one of the major political parties that most closely aligns with their beliefs.

plural of fixed wave

A standing wave, or stationary wave.

(astronomy) Any star that is so distant that its movement, relative to others, is not perceptible; in practice, any star except the sun

(idiomatic) Wrong, broken, nonfunctional

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fix up