n.

1. The act of combining or the state of being combined.
2. The result of combining.
3. An alliance of persons or parties for a common purpose; an association.
4. A sequence of numbers or letters used to open a combination lock.
5. Mathematics. One or more elements selected from a set without regard to the order of selection.

combinational com'bi·na'tion·al adj.

When an investor holds a position in both call and put options on the same asset.

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1. arrangement of options involving two long or two short positions with different expiration dates or strike (exercise) prices. A trader could order a combination with a long call and a long put or a short call and a short put.

2. joining of competing companies in an industry to alter the competitive balance in their favor is called a combination in restraint of trade.

3. joining two or more separate businesses into a single accounting entity; also called business combination. See also Merger.

noun

1. The state of being associated: affiliation, alliance, association, conjunction, connection, cooperation, partnership. See near/far/distance.
2. The result of combining: composite, compound, conjugation, unification, union, unity. See assemble/disassemble.
3. A group of individuals united in a common cause: bloc, cartel, coalition, combine, faction, party, ring. See group.

n

Definition: alliance, association
Antonyms: dissolution, disunion, separation, severance

n

Definition: mixture, blend
Antonyms: detachment, division, parting, separation

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

In criminal law, an agree- ment between two or more people to act jointly for an unlawful purpose; a conspiracy. In patent law, the joining together of several separate inventions to produce a new invention.

An illegal combination in restraint of trade, defined under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, is one in which the conspirators agree expressly or impliedly to use devices such as price-fixing agreements to eliminate competition in a certain locality, e.g., when a group of furniture manufacturers refuse to deliver goods to stores that sell their goods for under a certain price.

In patent law a combination is distinguishable from an aggregation in that it is a joint operation of elements that produces a new result as opposed to a mere grouping together of old elements. This is important in determining whether or not something is patentable, since no valid patent can extend to an aggregation.

IN BRIEF: The process of putting things together.

Coffee and milk is Jim's favorite combination.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kombination, forening, gruppe, kode, koncern, forbindelse, undertøj ud i et

idioms:

• combination lock    kombinationslås

Nederlands (Dutch)
combinatie, (motor met) zijspan, ondergoed uit een stuk

Français (French)
n. - combinaison, conjonction, mélange, association (avec), combinaison (de nombres, chimiques), (GB, Aut) side-car

idioms:

• combination lock    serrure à combinaison, serrure à code

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kombination, Verbindung, Beiwagenmaschine

idioms:

• combination lock    Kombinationsschloß

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συνδυασμός, μοτοσικλέτα με καλάθι, (ενδυμ.) κορμάκι, (οικον.) κοινοπραξία, καρτέλ

idioms:

• combination lock    κλειδαριά συνδυασμού

Italiano (Italian)
combinazione, sidecar

idioms:

• combination lock    lucchetto cifrato

Português (Portuguese)
n. - combinação (f), acordo (m), cartel (m), segredo (m) de cofre

idioms:

• combination lock    fechadura (f) de combinação

Русский (Russian)
комбинация, мотоцикл с коляской

idioms:

• combination lock    замок с секретом

Español (Spanish)
n. - combinación, asociación, motocicleta con sidecar

idioms:

• combination lock    cerradura de combinación

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kombination, sammanslutning, förbindelse

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
结合, 团体, 联合, 联盟

idioms:

• combination lock    号码锁

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 結合, 團體, 聯合, 聯盟

idioms:

• combination lock    號碼鎖

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 결합, 아래위가 붙은 속옷, 단체행동

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 結合, 組み合わせ, 連合, 組み合わせ文字, 化合, コンビネーション

idioms:

• combination lock    文字合わせ錠

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جمع, مزج, ضم, مزيج, خليط‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אופנוע עם סירה, איחוד, צירוף, קומבינציה, אופנוע עם סירה (בריטניה), מבחר, פעולה מאוחדת, סדרת מהלכים בשחמט‬

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