peg
peg
- n a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
- n small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
- n informal terms for the leg
- n a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
- n regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument
- n a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
- v succeed in obtaining a position
- v pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into
- v fasten or secure with a wooden pin
peg a tent - v stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations
The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar
- A peg is only as strong as the policies underpinning it.
- It is as good a peg as any.
- A wider band would give the crawling peg more room in which to crawl, and would lessen the frequency with which central banks have to intervene in world money markets to support .