"Some leaders are born women, " says the slogan on a small cushion on the bookshelf.
If your bonds have recently been reaffirmed at BBB you have a small cushion.
That would cut taxes for even the richest taxpayers by a few hundred dollars and provide a small cushion against higher levies for people just over the thresholds.
Having even a small cushion of savings to fall back on allows people to deal with unexpected expenses, such as medical treatment, without having to sell a cow or take a child out of school.
The small exposure will cushion Toshiba from problems that dogged Sony and Matsushita when they took control of Hollywood studios.
In this update of the Flying Saucers concept, giant tires float on a cushion of air supplied by a bunch of small air jets.
So, unlike with a sparsely traded small-company stock, Wall Street trading desks can cushion the impact of a sudden pickup in ETF buying or selling by creating or redeeming ETF shares.
Small replicas of sculptures sit on her polished coffee table and each cushion on her couch is arranged just so.
Since ETFs consist of groups of stocks, they naturally cushion the volatility that makes momentum investing a hazardous game for most small investors.
It is not just steadily rising costs: rising productivity can cushion that, at least in part, and labour may be only a small component of the ultimate price.
So what that meant was even though you had seen your 401(k) go down, or maybe you're a small business owner and you are tightening your belt, you had a little bit of extra money to cushion the blow.
Although that exposure was small compared with their portfolios, it could have a big impact because they have so little equity as a cushion.
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