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• Staple — may mean:*Staple (fastener), a formed metal fastener used to secure sheets of material or wires, so they will not fall apart of each other. *Staple food, a foodstuff that forms the basic constituent of a diet. It is a standard commodity rather… …   Wikipedia

• Staple — Sta ple (st[=a] p l), n. [AS. stapul, stapol, stapel, a step, a prop, post, table, fr. stapan to step, go, raise; akin to D. stapel a pile, stocks, emporium, G. stapela heap, mart, stake, staffel step of a ladder, Sw. stapel, Dan. stabel, and E.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• staple — staple1 [stā′pəl] n. [ME stapel < OFr estaple < MDu stapel, mart, emporium, post, orig. support, akin to STAPLE2] 1. the chief commodity, or any of the most important commodities, made, grown, or sold in a particular place, region, country …   English World dictionary

• Post-modern portfolio theory — [The earliest citation of the term Post Modern Portfolio Theory in the literature appears in 1993 in the article Post Modern Portfolio Theory Comes of Age by Brian M. Rom and Kathleen W. Ferguson, published in The Journal of Investing, Winter,… …   Wikipedia

• Staple Inn —    On the south side of Holborn Bars at No.2, outside the City boundary.     Staple Inn in Holborne, 1595 (Lond. I. p.m. III. 289).    An Inn of Chancery appertaining to Gray s Inn.    Probably known formerly as: Staple Hall. le Stapledhalle in… …   Dictionary of London

• Staple Hill, Bristol — Infobox UK place official name= Staple Hill unitary england= South Gloucestershire region= South West England lieutenancy england= Gloucestershire country= England population= 6,823 (census 2001) constituency westminster= Kingswood post town=… …   Wikipedia

• staple — sta|ple1 [ˈsteıpəl] n [Sense: 1 2; Origin: Old English stapol post ] [Sense: 3 4; Date: 1300 1400; Origin: . Middle Dutch stapel place of trade ] 1.) a small piece of thin wire that is pushed into sheets of paper and bent over to hold them… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Staple Fitzpaine — infobox UK place country = England latitude= 50.9599 longitude= 3.0520 official name= Staple Fitzpaine population = 151cite web |url=http://www.somerset.gov.uk/somerset/statistics/contents/population/estimates/2002mye/ |title=2002 population… …   Wikipedia

• staple — staple1 /stay peuhl/, n., v., stapled, stapling. n. 1. a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side. 2. a similar, often U… …   Universalium

• staple — I sta•ple [[t]ˈsteɪ pəl[/t]] n. v. pled, pling 1) a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers or the like by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side 2) bui a similar, oftenU shaped piece of wire or… …   From formal English to slang

• staple — {{11}}staple (n.1) bent piece of metal with pointed ends, late 13c., from O.E. stapol post, pillar, from P.Gmc. *stapulaz pillar (Cf. O.Fris. stapul stem of a tooth, M.L.G. stapel block for executions, Ger. Stapel stake, beam ), from PIE stebh… …   Etymology dictionary