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		ArbitraryLimits on Nov 29, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Jeff Bezos raised $1M from 22 people to get Amazon... It's either New York-ese or investment banker-ese (hard to distinguish between the two sometimes). They also nounify "spend" for some reason.

sixothree on Nov 29, 2012 [–]

Ask as a shorted version of Ask Price is something I can understand. But the other uses I see appear awkward.

pbreit on Nov 30, 2012 | [–]

What the heck does "Ask Price" mean? Never heard that.

"Ask" as a noun, however, I hear all the time...and not from bankers or New Yorkers. It's very common in Bay Area tech.

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