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   Peg

   /peɡ/

   

   noun

   • 1. a short cylindrical piece of wood, metal, or plastic, typically tapered at one end, that is used for holding things together, hanging things on, or marking a position.
   • ▪ a pin or bolt driven into the ground to hold one of the ropes or corners of a tent in position.
   • ▪ a bung for stoppering a cask.
   • 2. a point or limit on a scale, especially of exchange rates: "the Mexican peso, linked to the dollar by a crawling peg, was distinctly too high"
   • 3. a measure of liquor: Indian "have a peg of whiskey"
   • 4. a person's leg: informal "I have a good right peg and the ball ended up in the back of the net"
   • 5. a strong throw, especially in baseball.

   verb

   • 1. fix or make fast with a peg or pegs: "drape individual plants with nets, pegging down the edges" Similar fixpinattachfastensecuremake fast
   • 2. fix (a price, rate, or amount) at a particular level. Similar hold downkeep downfixsetholdcontrolfreezelimit
   • ▪ form a fixed opinion of; categorize: informal North American "most music journalists have us pegged as a comedy band"
   • 3. throw (a ball) hard and low, especially in baseball: "the catcher pegs the ball to the first baseman"

   Word Origin late Middle English: probably of Low German origin; compare with Dutch dialect peg ‘plug, peg’. The verb dates from the mid 16th century.

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   Polyethylene glycol ( PEG; / ˌpɒliˈɛθəlˌiːn ˈɡlaɪˌkɒl, - ˈɛθɪl -, - ˌkɔːl /) is a polyether compound derived from petroleum with many applications, from industrial manufacturing to medicine. PEG is also known as polyethylene oxide ( PEO) or polyoxyethylene ( POE ), depending on its molecular weight.

3. www.investopedia.com › terms › pPrice/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) Ratio: What It Is and the Formula

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   Mar 12, 2024 · The price/earnings to growth ratio (PEG ratio) is a stock's price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio divided by the growth rate of its earnings for a specified time period.

4. www.merriam-webster.com › thesaurus › pegPEG Synonyms: 113 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster

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   noun. Definition of peg. as in inch. an individual part of a process, series, or ranking took the arrogant student down a peg. Synonyms & Similar Words. Relevance. inch. stage. chapter. point. step. place. phase. cut. degree. grade. notch. side. angle. amount. plane. measure. aspect. facet.

5. www.forbes.com › advisor › investingWhat Is The PEG Ratio? How Does It Work? – Forbes Advisor

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   Sep 1, 2021 · The price/earnings-to-growth ratio, or the PEG ratio, is a metric that helps investors value a stock by taking into account a company’s market price, its earnings and its future growth...

6. www.dictionary.com › browse › take down a pegPEG Definition & Usage Examples | Dictionary.com

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   noun. a pin of wood or other material driven or fitted into something, as to fasten parts together, to hang things on, to make fast a rope or string on, to stop a hole, or to mark some point. Informal. a leg, either real or wooden: still on his pegs at 99. a notch or degree: to come down a peg.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarypeg | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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   an object on a wall or door that you hang things on. peg noun [C] (ON ROPE) a short piece of wood, plastic, etc that is used to hold clothes on a rope while they dry. peg noun [C] (STICK) a stick made of metal or wood that has a sharp end and which is used to fix something somewhere: a tent peg. peg. verb [ T ]

8. my.clevelandclinic.org › health › treatmentsPEG Tube, Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy - Cleveland Clinic

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   Apr 19, 2021 · A percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a surgery to place a feeding tube. Feeding tubes, or PEG tubes, allow you to receive nutrition through your stomach. You may need a PEG tube if you have difficulty swallowing or can't get all the nutrition you need by mouth.