A game at cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes.
The act of speculating.
Noun
continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature; "the habit of meditation is the basis for all real knowledge"
Noun
a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence); "speculations about the outcome of the election"; "he dismissed it as mere conjecture"
Noun
a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
Noun
an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits; "he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it"
n.
The act of speculating.
n.
Examination by the eye; view.
n.
Mental view of anything in its various aspects and
relations; contemplation; intellectual examination.
n.
The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises
given or assumed.
n.
The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares,
etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with
the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on
anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in
which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and
wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.
n.
Any business venture in involving unusual risks, with
a chance for large profits.
n.
A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating;
mere theory; view; notion; conjecture.
n.
Power of sight.
n.
A game at cards in which the players buy from one
another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest
trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes.
Speculation
Thenceforth to speculations high or deep I turned my thoughts.
Sudden fortunes, indeed, are sometimes made in such places, by what is called the trade of speculation.
Speculation, while confined within moderate limits, is the agent for equalizing supply and demand, and rendering the fluctuations of price less sudden and abrupt than they would otherwise be.
From him Socrates derived the principles of morality, and most part of his natural speculations.
To his speculations on these subjects he gave the lofty name of the "Oracles of Reason."3.
Thou hast no speculation in those eyes.4.
The act of speculating.
Usage Examples
The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business speculation his friends, his pleasures, patrons, and acquaintances are his capital.
What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth.
For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.
Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.
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Other Usage ExamplesBulls don't read. Bears read financial history. As markets fall to bits, the bears dust off the Dutch tulip mania of 1637, the Banque Royale of 1719-20, the railway speculation of the 1840s, the great crash of 1929.
Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.
Speculation is only a word covering the making of money out of the manipulation of prices, instead of supplying goods and services.
For me the greatest source of income is still movies. Nothing - stocks, financial speculation, real estate speculation or businesses - makes more money for me than making movies.
The amount of speculation surrounding my romantic life is astounding. It's strange how involved people get: invested and angry, really disappointed.
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