(finance) The amount by which the market value of a property falls below the amount of the mortgage secured upon it. / (finance) The situation in which a property is worth less than its mortgage.

(game theory) of a situation in which there is a net loss

(medicine, of a bacterium) that is not stained violet by Gram's method

(rhetoric, usually derogatory) A phrase including two negative words (no, not, never, etc.) especially when used as intensifiers in informal English.

(film) A person whose profession is negative cutting and cuts and matches motion picture negatives using film splicers and film cement.

plural of double negative

A fallacious judgment that, because a premise cannot be proven true, that premise must be false.

A procedure of the UK government whereby secondary legislation passes into law automatically. To reverse this, a motion to annul the legislation must be tabled and passed in parliament. Contrasted with affirmative resolution.

(business, often attributive) A business practice in which a customer agrees to have goods or services provided automatically, and must either continue to pay for the service or specifically decline before being rebilled.

plural of negative bath