Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fight the tape

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

Syllables: fight- the -tape
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make a trade contrary to the overall tendency of prices, i.e., to buy when prices are generally falling or sell when prices are generally rising.

Example Sentences

"I kept buying hoping the price would go up, but I eventually decided I was fighting the tape."

Etymology

From the early 20th-century practice of printing stock prices on ticker tape.

Inflected Forms

fights the tape (present, singular) fighting the tape (participle, present) fought the tape (participle, past) fought the tape (past)

Questions

What does fight the tape mean?: To make a trade contrary to the overall tendency of prices, i.e., to buy when prices are generally falling or sell when prices are generally rising.
Where does fight the tape come from?: From the early 20th-century practice of printing stock prices on ticker tape.

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