teaser

n.

1. 1. One that teases, as a device for teasing wool.
   2. One who engages in teasing; a tease.
2. A puzzling problem.
3. An advertisement that attracts customers by offering something extra or free.
4. Slang. An attention-getting vignette or highlight presented before the start of a television show.

A document circulated to potential buyers of a specific security that may be offered for sale in the future. The document, often prepared by the investment bank representing the company, details information that is designed to entice potential buyers to buy the security.

Investopedia Says:
The teaser's purpose is to create a demand for the security in question, and it may be followed by the prospectus, the final prospectus and the initial public offering. The teaser usually contains few details and may only highlight items that may influence a potential buyer. For example, information on revenues may be available, but cost information may not be.

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A horizontal curtain or canvas-covered framework, behind and across the top of the proscenium arch of a theater; used to conceal the flies and, together with the tormentors along the sides, to frame the opening of the stage.

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An animal used to sexually tease but not to impregnate the members of the opposite sex. Usually males and they may be surgically prepared to ensure that they cannot mate or are not fertile. In cattle and sheep vasectomized animals or castrates injected with testosterone are used; in horses an entire or cryptorchid is used but at a distance so that no act of mating can take place.

• t. buck — male goat used as a teaser.
• t. bull — a bull that is used to make sexual advances to cows and detect those that are on heat without being able to fertilize them; this usually means that physical mating cannot occur but vasectomized bulls are able to do so. More commonly the bull has been altered surgically so that the penis is diverted or the bull wears an interfering harness.
• t. male — male animal used as a teaser.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - drillepind

Nederlands (Dutch)
moeilijke vraag, plaaggeest

Français (French)
n. - colle (fam), taquin, (Comm, TV) aguiche

Deutsch (German)
n. - Denksportaufgabe, jmd. der andere ständig aufzieht, Vorfilm, etwas Verlockendes

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πειραχτήρι, ζιζάνιο, σπαζοκεφαλιά, γαργαλιστική αφίσα ή διαφήμιση, σκηνές προσεχούς (κινηματογραφικού ή τηλεοπτικού) θεάματος

Italiano (Italian)
problema difficile, seccatore, cardatore

idioms:

• brain teaser    indovinello

Português (Portuguese)
n. - provocador (m), implicante (m), penteador (m) (coloq.), cardador (m) (Tecl.), problema (m) difícil, caroço (m) (fig.), abacaxi (m) (fig.)

Русский (Russian)
трудная задача, головоломка, любитель подразнить, задира, (амер.) что-л. привлекательное, соблазнительное

Español (Spanish)
n. - rompecabezas, bromista, cardador

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - retsticka, tjatmåns (am.), hård nöt att knäcka, kuggfråga

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
戏弄者, 爱戏弄别人的人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 戲弄者, 愛戲弄別人的人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 괴롭히는 사람, 어려운 일, 남자를 애타게 하는 여자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - いじめる人, 難事

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شخص أو شيء مضايق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קנטרן, בעיה קשה‬

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