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  • 101fixed network — UK US noun [C] ► IT, COMMUNICATIONS a group of computers, printers, phones, and other equipment that are connected by wires, rather than by radio signals: »Having fixed network points also means that cables will have to be shifted whenever the… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 102fixed tax — UK US noun [C, usually singular] TAX ► a tax that is charged at the same rate on everyone or everything, whatever their income, profit, etc.: »Slot machine operators pay a fixed tax per machine , set at $130 a month …

    Financial and business terms

  • 103fixed-income — UK US adjective [before noun] ► FINANCE used to describe investments such as bonds that pay the same amount of money every month, year, etc.: »Some experts predict that we might start to see a shift from shares to fixed income bonds …

    Financial and business terms

  • 104fixed-line — UK US adjective [before noun] ► COMMUNICATIONS used to describe traditional phone services that use cables, rather than mobile phone services: »Most fixed line providers offer indirect access, which means subscribers also have to pay line rental… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 105fixed-odds — UK US adjective [before noun] ► used to describe betting in which the amount of money you can win does not change after you have made your bet: »The bookmaker s biggest earner is fixed odds bets on horse races …

    Financial and business terms

  • 106fixed-fixed bridge — fixed b. with rigid connectors …

    Medical dictionary

  • 107fixed–income security — see security Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

    Law dictionary

  • 108fixed liability — see liability 2a Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

    Law dictionary

  • 109Fixed-rate-Schrittmacher — [fikßtre̱it...; engl. fixed = fest, gleichbleibend u. engl. rate = Kurs, Geschwindigkeit, Rate]: unbeeinflußt vom Eigenrhythmus des Herzens arbeitender künstlicher Herzschrittmacher …

    Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke

  • 110fixed income — n an amount of money that you receive to live on that does not change ▪ pensioners living on a fixed income …

    Dictionary of contemporary English