boiler room
Romanian translation: a room staffed with telemarketers
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A place where boiling is carried on (salt, sugar, vinegar, etc.) Explanation: From the New Oxford Shorter Dictionary Also called a boilery |
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peer agreement (net): +1literally the room containing the boiler(s) - see below Explanation: 'boiler room' is usually used in large buildings to describe the room that houses the boiler(s) for hot water and central heating. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiler_room A boiler room - a room where a boiler is kept However, it has many more different connotation in business, See references below: An enterprise which often is operated out of inexpensive, low-rent quarters (hence the term "boiler room") that uses high pressure sales tactics (generally over the telephone) and possibly false or misleading information to solicit generally unsophisticated investors. www.investinginoptions.com/glossary_B.html A place where unscrupulous salespeople sell speculative or worthless stock to unwitting investors. investor.news.com/Engine A boiler room is a stock brokerage firm that uses aggressive tactics to sell risky, and sometimes falsified, stocks to willing investors. Boiler rooms often use sales methods that violate NASD rules requiring brokers to recommend investments that appropriate to each investors portfolio. For example, a broker working in a boiler room might try to sell very speculative stock to retired investors whose portfolios cannot tolerate such high risk. Many boiler room brokers may also try to create investor interest in companies that dont actually exist in order to profit from the sale of fraudulent shares. www.morganstanleyindividual.com/customerservice/dictionary/... Term often used to describe a brokerage firm or other sales organization where investors are aggressively solicited over the telephone; often associated with high-pressure telephone sales tactics in connection with penny stocks and other risky investments. www.millennium-traders.com/Glossary/b.htm An unflattering term used to describe the place of business of high-pressure telemarketers. www.preferredgroup.com/Glossary/b3.aspx A base of operations from which con artists launch fraudulent telemarketing scams, schemes and swindles. These may be a rented office, a basement in a home or any other place where the perpetrator can establish a bank of telephones and cold callers can operate undisturbed. They are called boiler rooms because they are a “high pressure” environment. www.fraudsandscams.com/glossary_b.htm The term Boiler room may refer to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiler_room The term boiler room in business refers to a busy center of activity, often telemarketing or other types of sales. The term carries a negative connotation, and is often used to imply high-pressure sales tactics and sometimes, poor working conditions. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiler_room_(business) Boiler Room is a 2000 drama / thriller film, written and directed by Ben Younger, and starring Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel and Nia Long. The film is a testosterone-fuelled, often fast-paced look at the shady world of stock brokering, following college dropout Seth David (Ribisi) as he tries to prove himself to his acerbic father (played by Ron Rifkin). The film is often unfavorably compared to Wall Street - Boiler Room also attempts to comment on the moral status of modern America - but in gener en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiler_Room |
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peer agreement (net): -2compartiment al caldarilor marine Explanation: Vezi dictionarul tehnic englez-roman al Editurii Tehnice |
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