Morris

American  

[mawr-is, mor-] / ˈmɔr ɪs, ˈmɒr- /

noun

1. Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack 1814–1902, U.S. suffragist.

2. Gouverneur 1752–1816, U.S. statesman.

3. Robert, 1734–1806, U.S. financier and statesman, born in England.

4. William, 1834–96, English painter, furniture designer, poet, and socialist writer.

5. Wright, 1910–1998, U.S. novelist.

6. a male given name, form of Maurice.

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Morris British  

/ ˈmɒrɪs /

noun

1. William. 1834–96, English poet, designer, craftsman, and socialist writer. He founded the Kelmscott Press (1890)

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Example Sentences

The selloff may reflect investors’ anxieties about how the deal’s structure as a Reverse Morris Trust, a tax-efficient transaction where the theoretical buyer ends up actually being acquired.

From Barron's

The cash-and-stock deal is being structured as a Reverse Morris Trust, in which the so-called purchaser is technically being acquired.

From MarketWatch

The deal is expected to be structured as a so-called reverse Morris trust, which offers tax benefits.

From The Wall Street Journal

I came upon a perfect example of this some years back, when I visited a former high-ranking Bell Labs executive in Short Hills, N.J., named Morris Tanenbaum.

From The Wall Street Journal

Writing for The New York Times, Bernadine Morris famously mused that the collection looked “as if it were put together with the eyes closed in a very dark room.”

From Salon