Word: backwardation
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: back
ward
a
tion
Definition: A fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer or to a third party who lends stock, when the seller wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day.
Morphemes:
Affix: back
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
Affix: -ward
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming adjectives, as in "a backward look; the northward road", etc; used even by speakers who usually use -wards for adverbs.
Affix: -ation
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: The result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ātiō
Language: la
Decoded: -atio
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Form of -tiō appended to nouns