passive commerce

[ACTIVE-COMMERCE.] pa ive-debt, s. A debt upon which, by agreement between the debtor and creditor, no interest is payable, as distinguished from an active debt, that is, a debt upon which interest is payable. pa ive-obedience, s. [OBEDIENCE.] pa ive-prayer, s. Mystic Theology : A method of contemplation, in which the soul is said to be pa ive, i. e., to be in some special sense moved by God. "It is important to notice that in the pa ive -prayer 'free will exercises itself to the whole of its extent." Catholic mystics insist on this, and wholly reject the false notions of absorption in the Deity, lo of personality, ."- Adlis & Arnold: Cat 1. Dict., p. 570. pa ive-shares, s. pl. [PASSIVE-BONDS.] pa ive-state, s. Of iron, .: Incapability of being acted on by ate; -ly.] contact with platinum wire.