plain vanilla

Related to plain vanilla: Plain vanilla swap

plain vanilla

Lacking embellishment or fancy features, unadorned; by extension, plain and simple. This item, dating from the second half of the 1900s, transfers the simplicity of a plain vanilla cake to other concerns, ranging from stock options to computer software, legal contracts, and so on. For example, “She bought the cheapest car she could find, a plain vanilla model.” See also less is more.
See also: plain, vanilla
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • fancy your chances
  • fancy your/somebody's chances
  • fancy (one's) chances
  • fancy chances
  • trick (oneself or something) up
  • whenever the fancy takes (one)
  • as, whenever, etc. the fancy takes you
  • Fancy meeting you here!
  • just the facts, ma'am
  • maam
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"Adopting a plain vanilla ETF rule would not only reduce cost and delay for new entrants, it would also enable ETF sponsors to avoid the potential for costly updates to existing exemptive relief orders when introducing new products, and help reduce uneven treatment between ETFs," Treasury states.
Currently, plain vanilla currency options require adherence to stringent suitability and appropriateness norms although they are considered a generic product while forward contracts are exempt from the same.
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And the fact that consumers are no longer content with just putting plain vanilla frosting on a cupcake offers a huge upside for Signature Brands and, in turn, our retail customers.
With so many flagship phones coming out in plain vanilla Nexus editions, LG's stance on this matter is worth keeping a close eye-on.
To even out the high sucrose levels, pair with shortbread or a plain vanilla cake.
A vanilla, or "plain vanilla" investment is essentially the most ordinary, basic investment you can find.
"At the same time SME banking has grown in complexity, with customers moving away from plain vanilla banking in favour of more bespoke and innovative solutions," he said.
Well, you should be, because this range makes plain vanilla into a decadent winter pud.
Accounting for "plain vanilla" interest rate swaps, which are used to convert variable interest rates on loans to fixed interest rates, and vice versa, as referenced in ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging (formerly FAS 133).
The authors, in their own private wealth practice, have limited their investments in structured notes to the "plain vanilla" buffered notes described above.
Will Romney go with a plain vanilla candidate in order to avoid the circus and distraction that occurred in 2008, or will he choose a rising star who will break boundaries?
"These devices are a good start but the reality is that they are pretty much plain vanilla Windows Phone products," said Ben Wood, director of research at UK-based telecoms analysis firm CCS Insight.
A Binary Touch Option differs from a plain Vanilla Option in that the potential gains and losses of a Binary Touch Option position is known upfront, thus greatly simplifying the transaction.
The MoF will be auctioning 6M, 12M and 3Y plain vanilla