English
Etymology
From leg + ing.
Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɛɡɪŋ|-ɛɡɪŋ
Noun
en-noun
- A covering, usually of leather, worn from knee to ankle.
- Tight fitting leg coverings worn, for example, to gym.
- One of the legs of a pair of trousers.
#* Take the legging and turn up the cuff.
- The process of putting a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.
#*2000 McGraw? Hill Professional: Michael Williams & Amy Hoffman: Fundamentals of Options Market P128. "As a practical matter, you cannot put on these positions simultaneously at reasonable prices. In order to achieve these positions at a reasonable risk/reward profile, you must put the positions in a series of separate trades. This process is called legging".
Verb
legging
- present participle of|leg
Related terms
- legging it:(Slang): Running.
#* We saw the thief legging it up the road.
bootlegging: running of, or trading in, illegal goods.
peg-legging: limping.
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