For most people, the ugly chaise-longue you were emotionally blackmailed into acquiring when your spouse ambushed you with it after you popped into Habitat to use the loo one Saturday afternoon in Tottenham Court Road.

For our founding fathers, the framers of the ISDA Master Agreement[1], a pretentious way of saying “give”.

See also

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References

  1. It may not have been them, but I’m going to blame Allen & Overy anyway