ADR
Americanabbreviation
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adverse drug reaction.
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Law. alternative dispute resolution: a method of settling a legal dispute between parties without going to trial, such as by hiring someone to help both parties communicate and settle their dispute.
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Example Sentences
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But TSMC’s ADR premium soared during the postlockdown bubble, and then again as artificial-intelligence demand drove U.S. buyers to bet on the supplier of chips to Nvidia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
A high ADR premium doesn’t necessarily foretell disaster—in 2008-09, TSMC’s fat premium was the result of Taiwanese shares’ falling much more than the ADRs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Yu also says its ADR offering appears aimed at improving its valuation rather than meeting an urgent funding need, with the company unlikely to face difficulties financing its investments through cash flow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
At such a discount, however, some hedge funds may seek to short the SK Hynix ADR while going long the ordinary shares and hoping the spread between the two may contract.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Browder is initiating a class action lawsuit in New York of Gazprom ADR holders against PwC.
From Crime and Corruption by Vaknin, Samuel
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