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1. green paddy
Noun
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1. green paddy
1. speculatively buying a rice harvest, while the fields are still green
2. recruiting of university students before the agreed date
1. Buying a field while still green.; Insider trading.
1. Buying green fields; Buying up promising talent (figuratively)
1. Was a green-field acquisition.; Was bought in the bud.
1. Was not a green field purchase.; Was not bought as a green field.
1. If/when buying green fields…; If/when purchasing undeveloped land…
1. Buying up land before it’s put on the market.; Speculative land acquisition.
1. It is not a green field purchase.; It is not buying a green field.
1. Probably a green purchase.; Probably buying in the early stages.