Method of mounting in which an assistant stands behind the rider and supports the lower part of his left leg and giving a boost as necessary as the rider springs up off the ground
Used in the context of general equities (1)Having a portion of the offsetting side of a trade in your pocket (spoken for) so your capital risk in the transaction is reduced (having purchased 10,000 of a 50,000 buy order leaves the trader a "leg up" on 10M shares ); (2) having completed one side of a two-sided transaction, as in a swap or contingency order
Descriptive of an offense in which the hooker puts his foot into the tunnel of a scrum before the scrumhalf feeds the ball