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bull

In business, a financial trader who believes the market is going to rise. Such positive sentiments are said to be bullish. A bull is the opposite of a bear. In a bull market, prices rise and bulls prosper.

bull

Document or edict issued by the pope; so called from the circular seals (medieval Latin bulla) attached to them. Some of the most celebrated bulls include Leo X's condemnation of Luther in 1520 and Pius IX's proclamation of papal infallibility in 1870.



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