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Arabic translation: جمع المعلومات والتحري عن


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English term or phrase:kick the tires
Arabic translation:جمع المعلومات والتحري عن
Entered by: Iman Khaireddine
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08:20 Jan 10, 2007
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Economics
English term or phrase: kick the tires
America's brokerage ouses employ a cadre of analysts who spend their days kicking the tires of corporate America.

and : fund managers charge fees for all the tire-kicking they do

the definition found in the financial definition: Slang for doing the grassroots research of a prospective investment.

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vanilla_sky
Local time: 08:03
جمع المعلومات والتحري عن الشركة
Explanation:

Individual investors and fund managers alike partake in tire kicking. Asking your full service broker or financial adviser about a company, calling and visiting a company, and doing general investigative research prior to investing in a stock are all examples of kicking the tires.

http://www.answers.com/topic/kicking-the-tires

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Note added at 21 mins (2007-01-10 08:41:25 GMT)
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You can also say: جمع المعلومات وإجراء الدراسات حول الشركة
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Iman Khaireddine
Local time: 07:03
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Summary of answers provided
5تقصي الحقائقzax
4دراسة
ahmadwadan.com
3 +1تقييمAli Al awadi
3جمع المعلومات والتحري عن الشركة
Iman Khaireddine
3سبر أغوار الشركة
Ehab Tantawy


  

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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
سبر أغوار الشركة


Explanation:
سبر أغوار الشركة

Kicking the Tires

What does it Mean? Slang for doing the grassroots research of a prospective investment.

Investopedia Says... Individual investors and fund managers alike partake in tire kicking. Asking your full service broker or financial adviser about a company, calling and visiting a company, and doing general investigative research prior to investing in a stock are all examples of kicking the tires.

The term originates from people's tendency to give a scrutinizing kick to the front tire of an automobile they are looking to buy while the salesman makes his or her pitch. Despite the metaphorical use of the term in stock picking, "kicking the tires" of a prospective investment is always an advisable thing to do, as the more you know about an investment, the better.


    Reference: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/k/kickingthetires.asp
Ehab Tantawy
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
جمع المعلومات والتحري عن الشركة


Explanation:

Individual investors and fund managers alike partake in tire kicking. Asking your full service broker or financial adviser about a company, calling and visiting a company, and doing general investigative research prior to investing in a stock are all examples of kicking the tires.

http://www.answers.com/topic/kicking-the-tires

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Note added at 21 mins (2007-01-10 08:41:25 GMT)
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You can also say: جمع المعلومات وإجراء الدراسات حول الشركة

Iman Khaireddine
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
تقييم


Explanation:
a slang expression which means in the corporate context
to evaluate.
تقييم
Sometimes the expression can be modified as a noun
as in
tirekicking

as well as a verb phrase as in

kick the tires


    Reference: http://blogs.sun.com/factotum/entry/kicking_the_tires_sun_ja...
Ali Al awadi
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
دراسة


Explanation:
يقضون أيامهم في دراسة

ahmadwadan.com
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تقصي الحقائق


Explanation:
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