the act of piercing or perforating, as with a pointed instrument or object. 2. a hole or mark so made. 3. Zoology. a small pointlike depression. verb (used with object), punctured, puncturing. 4. to pierce or perforate, as with a pointed instrument: to puncture leather with an awl. 5. to make (a hole, perforation, etc.) by piercing or perforating: He punctured a row of holes in the cardboard.
A Regulated Market is a multilateral system, (as defined by MiFID), which brings together or facilitates the bringing together of multiple third-party buying and selling interests in financial instruments in a way that results in a contract. For example, the London Stock Exchange (LSE).
1 Multilateral aid-from international organisations which receive money from several countries e.g. United Nations, the World Bank. 2  Emergency or short-term aid â food or medical help to give short term relief. 3  Needed after a disaster such as the 2000 Mozambique floods or the 2004 Asian tsunami. More of the countries in the southern hemisphere are Less Economically Developed Countries [LEDCs].] favour, e.g the aid has to be used for buying goods from the donor country. 2  An example of tied aid is the controversial Pergau Dam project in Malaysia.