insider

Meanings

• noun

  A person who has special access to nonpublic information about a company or organization.

  - "As an insider, she had access to confidential information about the merger."
  - "The insider trading scandal involved high-level executives with inside information."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with insider
mider , hider , rider , higher , hider

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Variants

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insider , insiders , insider trading , insider tradings

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Etymology

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From Old French 'insidere', meaning 'to lie in wait'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'insider trading' was first used in the United States in a 1942 Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) report.

2. The largest insider trading scandal in history occurred in 1991, when Ivan Boesky pleaded guilty to insider trading and agreed to pay a record $100 million penalty.

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Related Concepts

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1. Insider trading: The illegal practice of trading a public company's stock or other securities based on material, nonpublic information about the company.

2. Whistleblower: A person who exposes any information or activity that is deemed illegal, unethical, or otherwise harmful to the public or to the interest of an organization.

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Culture

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In literature, the term 'insider' is often used to describe characters who have intimate knowledge of a particular world or community, such as in J.D. Salinger's 'The Catcher in the Rye' or F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby'.

How to Memorize "insider"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a person with a key to a secret door.
   - Visualize a person in a dark suit, sneaking around in a dimly lit room.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the idea of secrecy or confidentiality.
   - Think of the word 'insider' as meaning someone who is 'in the know'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember the acronym 'I-N-S-I-D-E-R': 'Inside' information, 'Nonpublic' knowledge, 'Specific' to a company or organization.

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