whereby
pronunciation
How to pronounce whereby in British English:
UK [weəˈbaɪ]
How to pronounce whereby in American English:
US [werˈbaɪ]
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- Adverb:
- as a result of which
- by or through which
Word Origin
- whereby (adv.)
- c. 1200, from where + by.
Example
- 1. Short-selling , whereby investors gain if shares or bonds decline .
- 2. Tri-party collateral management , whereby a third bank acts an intermediary between a buyer and seller , is another growth area for custodians .
- 3. Europe 's most senior officials presented a compromise before this week 's summit , whereby financial , economic and political union would move in parallel .
- 4. Most fundamentally , the practice of pure proprietary trading whereby banks bet their own money dealing in anything from gold to greek bonds is being outlawed in the us within two years .
- 5. Second , many swiss banks have recognised that the traditional offshore model whereby rich foreigners opened accounts that were never declared at home would encounter rising resistance abroad .