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Lock away

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

(finance) A long-term investment to be left alone until some future time..

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For the investor, the indications are that the shares of soundly managed important airframe makers are the best current aircraft industry buys for long term lockaways.
He thinks investment trusts should be viewed as long-term lockaways, which can be held almost indefinitely, so he steers clear of more aggressively managed trusts.

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What does lock away mean?

Lock away means (finance) A long-term investment to be left alone until some future time..

What is a synonym for lock away?

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How do you use lock away in a sentence?

For the investor, the indications are that the shares of soundly managed important airframe makers are the best current aircraft industry buys for long term lockaways.

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