Definition of lock in English English dictionary
- To become fastened in place
If you put the brakes on too hard, the wheels will lock.
- Something sure to be a success
Brian thinks she's a lock to get a scholarship somewhere.
- To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place
a pop and lock routine.
- To be capable of becoming fastened in place
This door locks with a key.
- To intertwine or dovetail
We locked arms and stepped out into the night.
- Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination
Give me the key, said my mother; and though the lock was very stiff, she had turned it and thrown back the lid in a twinkling.
- A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels
Here the canal came to a check, ending abruptly with a large lock.
- Complete control over a situation
Even though he had not yet done so, Jack felt he had a lock on the game.
- A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource
the application must first acquire a lock on a file or a portion of a file before reading data and modifying it.
- To fasten with a lock
Remember to lock the door when you leave.
- The firing mechanism of a gun
I never saw such a gun in my life, replied poor Winkle, looking at the lock, as if that would do any good.
- tuft or length of hair
If I consent to burn them, will you promise faithfully neither to send nor receive a letter again, nor a book (for I perceive you have sent him books), nor locks of hair, nor rings, nor playthings?.
- A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team
- On a canal or river, a lock is a place where walls have been built with gates at each end so that boats can move to a higher or lower section of the canal or river, by gradually changing the water level inside the gates
- {n} part of a door or gun, a tuft, hug, place, a barrier in a canal
- {v} to fasten with a lock, grapple, fix, unite, form locks for inland navigation
- a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
- To prevent ingress or access to, or exit from, by fastening the lock or locks of; often with up; as, to lock or lock up, a house, jail, room, trunk
- To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him
- A hand that is guaranteed to win at least part of the pot
- lock, stock, and barrel: see barrel. Mechanical or electronic device for securing a door or receptacle so that it cannot be opened except by a key or a code. The lock originated in the Middle East; the oldest known example was found near Nineveh. Possibly 4,000 years old, it is of the pin tumbler type, otherwise known as an Egyptian lock. The Romans were the first to use metal locks and to make small keys for them. They also invented wards, projections in the keyhole that prevent a key from turning unless it has slots that avoid the projections. Probably the most familiar lock today is the cylinder lock, a pin tumbler lock opened by a flat key with a serrated edge; the serrations raise pins in the cylinder to the proper heights, allowing the cylinder to turn. Also common are the unit lock, housed within a rectangular notch cut into the edge of a door, and the mortise lock, housed in a mortise cut into the door edge, the lock mechanism being covered on both sides. Other types include lever and combination locks. Electronic locks that open with a magnetic card key are popular for banks, hotel rooms, and offices
- To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as with, locks; to confine, or to shut in or out often with up; as, to lock one's self in a room; to lock up the prisoners; to lock up one's silver; to lock intruders out of the house; to lock money into a vault; to lock a child in one's arms; to lock a secret in one's breast
- A lender's guarantee of an interest rate and related points for a set period of time, usually between loan application and loan closing Protects borrower against rate increases during that time
- That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc
- hold in a locking position; "He locked his hands around her neck"
- An option exercised by the borrower, at the time of the loan application or later, to "lock in" the rates and points prevailing in the market at that time The lender and borrower are committed to those terms, regardless of what happens between that point and the closing date
- keep engaged; "engaged the gears"
- A grapple in wrestling
- {f} fasten shut with a lock; confine by means of a lock; make immovable, fix in place; intertwine, link firmly together; move through a lock or locks (of a vessel); be fastened shut; become immobile; be held in place
- become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise"
- To furnish with locks; also, to raise or lower (a boat) in a lock
- A lock is something that will prevent changes from taking place in the Version Control Systems* system In all Version Control Systems*, a lock can be placed upon a checked out file to prevent more than one person changing it at a time In ClearCase, the concept of the lock is extended to include almost anything in the Source Archive including non-source objects such as version labels, etc
- build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels hold fast (in a certain state); "He was locked in a laughing fit"
- any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun a strand or cluster of hair become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise"
- To become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing; as, the door locks close
- hold fast (in a certain state); "He was locked in a laughing fit"
- (n ) Any device or algorithm whose use guarantees that only one process can perform some action or use some resource at a time
- The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal
- A pointer held to-and possibly, a reference count incremented on-a running object OLE defines two types of locks that can be held on an object: strong and weak To implement a strong lock, a server must maintain both a pointer and a reference count, so that the object will remain "locked" in memory at least until the server calls Release To implement a weak lock, the server maintains only a pointer to the object, so that the object can be destroyed by another process
- The period, expressed in days, during which a lender will guarantee a rate Some lenders will lock rates at the time of application while others will allow the borrower to lock the rate after the application is taken Request information from your lender regarding lock procedures
- A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair
- To prevent a file or disk from being changed You can lock (or unlock) a file or floppy disk by clicking the Locked checkbox in its "Get Info" window You also can lock a floppy disk by moving the plastic tab in the upper-left corner of its back side so that you can see throught the little square hole Locked disks are also called write-protected
- When you lock something such as a door, drawer, or case, you fasten it, usually with a key, so that other people cannot open it. Are you sure you locked the front door? Wolfgang moved along the corridor towards the locked door at the end
- A construction for navigating between different water levels on rivers and canals using controlled changes in water levels to float the boat to its new level See also Flash Lock and Pound Lock
- A lender's promise to hold a certain interest rate and points for you, for a given number of days, while your loan application is processed If not locked, the interest rates quoted to you may stay the same, decrease, or increase from the day you apply for your mortgage Lock-ins on rates remove the risk of rising rates
- verb Primarily on vert To catch the back wheels or truck on coping as the board reenters the ramp Indicates the board stopped dead, or locked
- Used to secure a window or patio door when in the closed position
- A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable
- Lender's guarantee that the mortgage rate quoted will be good for a specific number of days from day of application
- a strand or cluster of hair
- The lock on something such as a door or a drawer is the device which is used to keep it shut and prevent other people from opening it. Locks are opened with a key. At that moment he heard Gill's key turning in the lock of the door An intruder forced open a lock on French windows at the house
- a mental image picture of a nonpainful but disturbing experience the person has had, which depends for its force on earlier secondaries and engrams which the experience has restimulated (stirred up) See also engram; mental image picture; secondary
- [BSG] A 36-bit word used as a semaphore to protect data base integrity by serializing access, almost all of which are in the Multics supervisor because the user-ring block/wakeup facility is ill-suited to this use (the supervisor wait/notify protocol is used ) Multics locks are "locked" with the STAC instruction and "unlocked" with the STACQ instruction; zero means "clear", the 36-bit process-ID of the process "holding" the lock means "locked"
- pass by means through a lock in a waterway
- If you lock something in a particular position or if it lock there, it is held or fitted firmly in that position. He leaned back in the swivel chair and locked his fingers behind his head There was a whine of hydraulics as the undercarriage locked into position
- {i} fastening mechanism which is opened with a key or other device; section of a waterway which is closed off by gates at either end; device in a firearm which explodes the charge; wrestling hold; secure grip; portion of hair, curl of hair
- To freeze ones body or a part thereof in place
- A lock of hair is a small bunch of hairs on your head that grow together and curl or curve in the same direction. She brushed a lock of hair off his forehead
- This prevents the locked item from being changed You can lock disks, files and programs
- A written agreement from the lender guaranteeing the interest rate and the amount of points to be paid at closing to the home buyer This happens after an offer has been made, preventing the lender from raising the interest rate before the closing day
- fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence"
- Lender's guarantee that the mortgage rate quoted will be good for a specific number of days from the day of application
- An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to another; called also lift lock
- In databases, a restriction of access to a table, portion of a table, or data item imposed to maintain data integrity of a database Locks may be shared (more than one user can access the locked element or elements) or exclusive (the user with the exclusive lock prevents other users from creating simultaneous shared or exclusive locks on the element or elements)
- a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
- Used in the context of general equities Make a market both ways (bid and offer) either on the bid, offering, or an in between price only Locking on the offering is done to attract a seller, since the trader is willing to pay (and ask) the offering side when others only ask it Locking on the bid side attracts buyers for similar reasons Typically, sell side requires a plus tick to comply with short sale rules
- A device for keeping a wheel from turning
- A data structure used to synchronize access to a shared resource The most common use for a lock is in multithreaded programs where multiple threads need access to global data Only one thread can hold the lock at a time; this thread is the only one that can modify the data during this period
- any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe"
- lock and load
- To prepare for an imminent event
- lock and load
- A slang military command to prepare weapons for battle. No US weapon includes "lock and load" as one of the commands related to that weapon, nor is it a recognized range command
Lock and load, boy, lock and load.
- lock away
- to lock up; to lock in a safe place
- lock horns
- to come into conflict
- lock in
- To fix the value of something potentially variable
I've locked in a rate of 5%.
- lock in
- A sleepover party in a public place, such as a church
The youth group will have their annual lock-in this weekend.
- lock in
- To secure someone or something in a locked enclosure
- lock ins
- plural form of lock in
- lock key
- Any of certain keys of a computer keyboard that switch between certain states and are represented by LEDs
- lock keys
- plural form of lock key
- lock lips
- To kiss on the lips; to engage in a French kiss
- lock out
- To prevent from entering a place, particularly oneself, inadvertently
I've locked myself out of my room again.
- lock out
- To prevent from accessing a data structure
The synchronize keyword locks out all other threads trying to access the object.
- lock out
- An event in which an employer bars employees from working as a tactic in negotiating terms of employment, particularly in response to a strike or threat to strike
- lock pick
- Any device used to unlock a lock without use of a key
- lock pick
- To use tools to unlock locks without a key, to pick locks
- lock pick
- A person who picks locks
- lock picked
- Simple past tense and past participle of lock pick
- lock picking
- The action of using tools to unlock a lock without a key to that lock
- lock picks
- plural form of lock pick
- lock picks
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lock pick
- lock time
- The time, measured in milliseconds, from when the trigger is pulled until the firing pin strikes the primer
- lock up
- to invest in something long term
- lock up
- to imprison or incarcerate someone
- lock up
- to cease responding, to freeze
- lock up
- to close all doors and windows of a place securely
- lock, stock and barrel
- A thing in its entirety, with nothing omitted
They want to buy the whole thing, lock, stock and barrel.
- lock-in
- A situation in which members of an industry have agreed to adopt a certain standard and have retooled their production to meet this standard, thus making it very costly to change to a different standard
- lock-in
- An illegal but widely-tolerated invitation-only gathering in a British pub or ale-house, after the end of licensing hours, to allow regular customers the opportunity to enjoy further drinking time
- lock-in
- Alternative spelling of lock in
- lock-pick
- Alternative spelling of lock pick
- lock-picked
- Alternative spelling of lock picked
- lock-picking
- Alternative spelling of lock picking
- lock-picks
- plural form of lock-pick (alternative spelling of lock picks)
- lock-picks
- Alternative spelling of lock picks
- lock and load
- "Load and lock" was a military command in the United States. Originally, this order referred to the operation of the M1 Garand rifle. The phrase describes the insertion of a clip of ammunition into the rifle, loading the clip, and locking the bolt forward (which forces a round into the chamber, readying the rifle for use). Thus the phrase is an example of the rhetorical device hysteron proteron
- lock and load
- A military command in the United States. (Originally, this order referred to the operation of the M1 Garand rifle). The phrase describes the insertion of a clip of ammunition into the rifle, loading the clip, and locking the bolt forward (which forces a round into the chamber, readying the rifle for use)
- lock and load
- Warning people to get ready for action
- lock and tag
- Lockout-Tagout (LOTO) or lock and tag is a safety procedure which is used in industry and research settings to ensure that dangerous machines are properly shut off and not started up again prior to the completion of maintenance or servicing work
- lock picking
- Lock picking is the act of unlocking a lock by analysing and manipulating the components of the lock device, without the original key. Although lock picking can be associated with criminal intent, it is an essential skill for a locksmith. Lock picking is the ideal way of opening a lock without the correct key, while not damaging the lock, allowing it to be rekeyed for later use, which is especially important with antique locks that would be impossible to replace if destructive entry methods are used
- lock something on
- (deyim) Attach or fix something onto someone or something
- lock something onto
- (deyim) Attach or fix something onto someone or something
- lock the barn door after the horse is gone
- (Atasözü) Try to deal with something after it is too late
Now my friend wants to fix his house but it is like locking the barn door after the horse is gone. There was a flood and the damage is already done.
- lock the barn door after the horse is gone
- (Atasözü) To be careful or try to make something safe when it is too late
After Mary failed the examination, she said she would study hard after that. She wanted to lock the barn door after the horse was stolen.
- lock away
- lock up in a hidden or secure place, shut up, shut away
- lock away
- To lock someone away means to put them in prison or a secure mental hospital. Locking them away is not sufficient, you have to give them treatment
- lock away
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe"
- lock away
- If you lock something away in a place or container, you put or hide it there and fasten the lock. She meticulously cleaned the gun and locked it away in its case He had even locked away all the videos of his previous exploits
- lock away
- If you lock yourself away, you go somewhere where you can be alone, and do not come out or see anyone for some time. I locked myself away with books and magazines. = hide away, shut away
- lock hospital
- A hospital for the treatment of venereal diseases
- lock hospital
- {i} hospital for treating venereal diseases
- lock in
- Used in the context of general equities Assures that an individual contracts all his or her business with a sole broker by providing superior services, such as accommodating block buy and sell needs or preparing excellent research (soft dollar lock) This usually guarantees a certain volume of business
- lock in
- A period of time during which a potential borrower and a lender have agreed to a specific interest rate M Maintenance Fee A monthly assessment paid by members of a homeowners' association for repair and maintenance of common areas
- lock in
- If you lock someone in, you put them in a room and lock the door so that they cannot get out. Manda cried out that Mr Hoelt had no right to lock her in
- lock in
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe"
- lock in
- Prior to closing, allows the borrower to be assured a given rate of interest for a mortgage This usually involves paying a fee to the lender Mortgage rates not "locked in" are subject to changing market conditions
- lock in
- Guarantee of a given interest rate Generally most locks are from 30 to 45 days If you lock your rate, you are protected from a spike in the interest rates Under some conditions, if you lock and the rates drop, the better rate can be obtained
- lock in
- close with or as if with a tight seal; "This vacuum pack locks in the flavor!
- lock in
- close with or as if with a tight seal; "This vacuum pack locks in the flavor!"
- lock in
- The interest rate and fees have been agreed upon by both the lender and the borrower
- lock in
- A period of time during which a potential borrower and a lender have agreed to a specific interest rate
- lock in
- A guarantee the lender will extend the buyer a certain interest rate for a stated period of time
- lock in
- Allows the borrower to be assured a given rate of interest for a mortgage This usually involves paying a fee to the lender Mortgage rates not "locked in" are subject to changing market conditions
- lock in
- A specific guaranteed interest rate provided the loan is closed within a designated period of time
- lock keeper
- someone whose job is to open and close the gates of a lock on a canal
- lock keeper
- {i} worker who is in charge of a lock on a waterway (canal, river, channel, etc.), lockmaster
- lock nut
- thin nut which is screwed up tightly on another nut in order to prevent it from getting loose
- lock nut
- There are two common usage's of this term
- lock nut
- A nut which is tightened against another nut to keep it from loosening up Often, but not always, there will be a key washer between the lock nut and the cone or other part it secures Lock nuts are used to secure bearing adjustment of most hubs, headsets, pedals and sidepull brakes Most hubs use lock nuts to secure the cones so that they will stay in adjustment These lock nuts are the outermost parts which are screwed onto the axle, and their outer surfaces press against the insides of the fork ends of the frame The lock nuts are therefore the reference point by which axle width and dishing are measured
- lock nut
- A nut used in combination with a lock washer to hold a bearing in place on a shaft
- lock of hair
- curl of hair
- lock on
- condition in which radar positively identifies an object and tracks its movements so that it cannot escape
- lock out
- If someone locks you out of a place, they prevent you entering it by locking the doors. They had had a row, and she had locked him out of the apartment My husband's locked me out
- lock out
- If you lock yourself out of a place, such as your house, you cannot get in because the door is locked and you do not have your keys. The new tenants locked themselves out of their apartment and had to break in There had been a knock at the door and when she opened it she locked herself out The wind had made the door swing closed, and she was now locked out
- lock out
- In an industrial dispute, if a company locks its workers out, it closes the factory or office in order to prevent the employees coming to work. The company locked out the workers, and then the rest of the work force went on strike
- lock out
- Partial repetition of an exercise by pushing the weight through only last few inches of movement
- lock out
- prevent employees from working during a strike
- lock out
- A positive method for disconnecting power or making something inoperative by using a physical lock to eliminate movement or operation
- lock out
- Description of an accommodation unit which can be divided into two independent units, each with their own access More common in the US than Europe
- lock step
- A mode of marching by a body of men going one after another as closely as possible, in which the leg of each moves at the same time with the corresponding leg of the person before him
- lock step
- marching style in which soldiers are very close to one another so that each soldier's steps correspond exactly to the those of the soldier preceding him; any rigid or inflexible procedure
- lock stitch
- Formed by three or four consecutive short, tight threads stitched at end of embroidery to prevent raveling
- lock stitch
- 1) Commonly referred to as a lock-down or tack-down stitch, a lock stitch is formed by three or four consecutive stitches of at least a 10-point movement It should be used at the end of all columns, fills and at the end of any element in your design where jump stitches will follow, such as color changes or the end of a design May be stitched in a triangle, star or in a straight line 2) Lock stitch is also the name of the type of stitch formed by the hook and needle of home sewing machines, as well as computerized embroidery machines
- lock stitch
- A stitch made on a sewing machine by the interlocking of the upper thread and the bobbin thread
- lock stitch
- A peculiar sort of stitch formed by the locking of two threads together, as in the work done by some sewing machines
- lock stock and barrel
- every single thing, in totality
- lock up
- If you lock something up in a place or container, you put or hide it there and fasten the lock. Give away any food you have on hand, or lock it up and give the key to the neighbours Control of materials could be maintained by locking up bombs
- lock up
- When you lock up a building or car or lock up, you make sure that all the doors and windows are locked so that nobody can get in. Don't forget to lock up Leave your car here and lock it up
- lock up
- The point at which a car's tires start to skid
- lock up
- secure by locking; "lock up the house before you go on vacation"
- lock up
- secure by locking; "lock up the house before you go on vacation
- lock up
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe"
- lock up
- Disproportionate amount of droop that occurs during the first few hundred ccs of flow
- lock up
- A sudden failure in the operation of a program or hard disk Lock ups (also called crashes) can result in the loss of any data entered prior to the last save, but a hard disk crash is much more serious, resulting in extensive loss of data and nearly always requiring reformatting of the disk The most effective way to guard against data loss from lock ups is to back up important files regularly Related terms: Crash, Data, Disk, File, Program, Reformatting, Disk crash
- lock up
- To lock someone up means to put them in prison or a secure psychiatric hospital. Mr Milner persuaded the federal prosecutors not to lock up his client
- lock up
- imprison, put in jail
- lock, stock and barrel
- the whole thing, the complete thing, everything
- lock-gate
- a gate that can be locked
- lock-in
- An agreement between buyer and lender for a specified period of time in which lender will hold a specific interest rate, loan fee and discount points This is the opposite of a float see Float
- lock-in
- An agreement by the lender at the time of mortgage application or shortly thereafter, to write the mortgage at a specific interest rate, whether rates rise or fall up to the date of closing Obviously a good move if rates are rising, not so good if they are falling Lock-ins have specific expiration dates, such as 30, 60 or 90 days in the future
- lock-in
- An agreement in which the lender guarantees a specified interest rate for a certain amount of time at a certain cost
- lock-in
- a guaranteed specified interest rate to the borrower provided that the loan is paid within a period of time You might end up paying higher interest rate to obtain a lock-in
- lock-in
- A written agreement guaranteeing the home buyer a specified interest rate provided the loan is closed with that buyer within a set period of time The lock-in also specifies the points to be paid at closing as well
- lock-in
- A guarantee - for which you are usually charged a fee - that you will receive a specific rate when you close your mortgage BACK TO TOP
- lock-in
- A written agreement in which the lender guarantees a specified interest rate if a mortgage goes to closing within a set period of time The lock-in also usually specifies the number of points to be paid at closing
- lock-in
- A mortgage lender's written commitment to guarantee a specified interest rate to the mortgage borrower provided that the loan is closed within a set period of time
- lock-in
- A written agreement guaranteeing the home buyer a specified interest rate provided the loan is closed within a set period of time The lock-in also usually specifies the number of points to be paid at closing
- lock-in
- Written agreement in which a lender guarantees a specific interest rate if a loan closes within a set period of time The lock-in may also specify the number of points to be paid at closing Also called a rate lock, or rate commitment
- lock-in
- A written agreement in which the lender guarantees a specified interest rate if a mortgage closes within a set period of time The lock-in also usually specifies the number of points to be paid at closing See rate lock
- lock-in
- The process by which a lender commits to lend at a particular rate as long as the mortgage transaction closes within a specified time period The document which specifies the terms of the lock-in is called a rate commitment or lock-in agreement
- lock-in
- The guarantee of a specific interest rate and/or points for a specific period of time Some lenders will charge a fee for locking in an interest rate
- lock-in
- A written agreement between the buyer and the lender specifying the interest rate on a loan, provided the loan is closed within a predetermined time period (usually 60 or 90 days)
- lock-in
- refers to a written agreement guaranteeing a home buyer a specific interest rate on a home loan provided that the loan is closed within a certain period of time, such as 60 or 90 days Often the agreement also specifies the number of points to be paid at closing
- lock-in
- Also called a rate lock, A lock-in is commitment by a lender to make a loan at a guaranteed interest rate for a specific period of time Also known as rate lock A lock-in protects the borrower against interest rate increases and shifts the risk of changes in market interest rates to the lender
- lock-in
- A written agreement guaranteeing the homebuyer a specified interest rate provided the loan is closed within a set period of time The lock-in also usually specifies the number of points to be paid at closing
- lock-in
- since interest rates can change frequently, many lenders offer an interest rate lock-in that guarantees a specific interest rate if the loan is closed within a specific time
- lock-in
- A written agreement in which the lender guarantees a specified interest rate if a mortgage goes to closing within a set period of time
- lock-in
- - The guarantee of a specific interest rate and/or points for a specific period of time Some lenders will charge a fee for locking in an interest rate
- lock-in
- A written agreement guaranteeing the homebuyer a specified interest rate provided the loan is closed within a set period of time
- lock-in clause
- A condition in a promissory note that prohibits prepayment of the note
- lock-in clause
- A clause which restricts prepayment of a loan during a specified period of the whole term of the mortgage This ensures that the lender receives a stipulated return on his investment and discourages "shopping around" for another loan
- lock-in clause
- Clause in a loan agreement that states that the borrower cannot repay a loan prior to a specified date
- lock-keeper
- A lock-keeper is a person whose job is to be in charge of and maintain a lock or group of locks on a canal
- lock-out
- With P A C bond C M O classes, the period before the P A C sinking fund becomes effective With multifamily loans, the period of time during which prepayment is prohibited
- lock-out
- With PAC bond CMO classes, the period before the PAC sinking fund becomes effective With multifamily loans, the period of time during which prepayment is prohibited
- lock-out
- lock-out lock-outs in AM, use lockout A lock-out is a situation in which employers close a place of work and prevent workers from entering it until the workers accept the employer's new proposals on pay or conditions of work
- lock-up
- A lock-up is a garage that is used by someone, but is not next to their house. Lock-up is also an adjective. a lock-up garage
- lock-up
- A lock-up is the same as a jail
- lock-up option
- an option to buy the crown jewels offered to a white knight in order to forestall a hostile takeover
- -lock
- action or proceeding, practice, ritual
- Caps Lock
- A lock key on a computer keyboard, which when pressed causes all subsequently typed letters to be capitalised on the screen
- Num Lock
- A key on a standard extended keyboard which, when pressed, toggles the keys of the numeric keypad between cursor control functions and numeric input functions
- Scroll Lock
- A key on a standard extended keyboard, originally causing the arrow keys to scroll a window rather than moving a cursor, now sometimes used for other purposes
- ankle lock
- A police, military, wrestling, general fighting and martial arts technique of twisting the ankle of someone already down, in order to keep them down, under the painful threat of an injury to their ankle that will mar them for life
- anti-lock
- Preventing from becoming stuck or jammed (i.e. locked). Especially applies to anti-lock brakes which are designed to continue rotating for better steering control while slowing the vehicle, rather than "locking" and causing the car to skid
- caps lock
- Alternative spelling of Caps Lock
- double lock standing seam
- A standing seam that uses a double overlapping interlock between two metal panels
- flash lock
- A simple single gate lock on a river or canal
- flat lock
- a method of interlocking metal panels in which one panel edge is folded back on top of itself and the other panel is folded under, after which the two panels are hooked together
- locked
- Of a door, etc, that has been locked (with a key)
- locked
- Simple past tense and past participle of lock
- locks
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lock
- locks
- plural form of lock
- num lock
- Alternative spelling of Num Lock
- rim lock
- A lock and plate fixed to the surface of a door rather than morticed within the door
- scroll lock
- Alternative spelling of Scroll Lock
- staircase lock
- A set of locks on a waterway canal which rise steeply, and consisting of lock gates where the top gate of one lock is also the bottom gate of the next lock, not having a pound between each level
- tide lock
- A lock situated between an enclosed basin or a canal and the tide water of a harbor or river, when they are on different levels, so that craft can pass either way at all times of the tide
- time lock
- a lock, typically in on a door in a bank vault, that cannot be unlocked before a specified time
- time-lock
- Alternative form of time lock