A Quick and Simple Dictionary

rally

1. Noun.  A demonstration; an event where people gather together to protest for or against a given cause.
2. Noun.  (context, squash) A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.
3. Noun.  (motor racing) An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time.
4. Noun.  (context, business) A recovery after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc.
5. Verb.  To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
6. Verb.  To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble; to unite.
7. Verb.  To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate.
8. Verb.  (context, business) To recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc.
9. Verb.  To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.