gam
pronunciation
How to pronounce gam in British English:
UK [ɡæm]
How to pronounce gam in American English:
US [ɡæm]
Word Origin
- gam (n.)
- "a leg," 1781, see gams. Called "cant" in the oldest citation.
Example
- 1. Gam has about three-quarters of its money invested with hedge funds it first invested with during their first year of operation .
- 2. For that reason , gam ro dang uses glutinous rice powder and potato starch instead of flour and tries to avoid oil .
- 3. The system allows gam to spot too much concentration in the portfolio , but also to avoid managers switching styles - for example , global macro managers supposed to be betting on interest rates and currencies but in fact buying equities .
- 4. With record numbers of new funds being set up , record amounts of cash flowing into the sector , and gam 's brand name - then backed by swiss bank ubs - securing it a big share of the new money , mr smith was overwhelmed .
- 5. While many rivals were picking hedge funds based on rounds of golf or recommendations from friends of friends , mr smith used his actuarial background to apply a mathematical analysis - securing him a job at gam from the late gilbert de botton , who already knew the yachting and golfing hedge fund glitterati .