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CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS

A rule in place to keep the customer’s rights safe, increase the product availability, and prevent deception.

CONTRACT CATEGORIES

Two elementary kinds (families) of deals are 1) price reimbursement deal and 2) fixed cost deal.

CONTRACT LAW

Group of laws that control oral or scripted agreements related to trade of commodities and services, properties and money. It also contains topics related to qualities of contractual duties, restriction of activities,

CONTRACT OVER-RUN

Surplus of the ultimate cost of an agreement (including approved changes and remedial work) on top of the actual contract price.

CONTRAST ERROR

In a process of performance appraisal or interview, mistakes induced as a result of previously appraised or interviewed participants on the questioner. It creates an alarmed or unalarmed comparing of one participant

CO-PAY

Similar to co-insurance. The insured and provider share in the paying for the cost for services.

COST OF CARRY

The FUTURE VALUE of costs and benefits associated with holding an ASSET, which typically includes the cost of financing, INSURANCE, transportation and/or storage, less benefits derived from lending the asset and any

CREEPING TENDER

A CORPORATE FINANCE transaction where an investor group or acquiring company gradually purchases the COMMON STOCK of a target company. Once a specified block has been accumulated a formal TENDER OFFER is

CURRENT YIELD

A current measure of the return on a COUPONbearing FIXED INCOME security, generally computed as: where C is the coupon, and P is the purchase price of the security. See also BOND

CYCLE RATE

The machine cycles per minute that do not necessarily represent its speed.

CAFETERIA BENEFIT PLAN

A plan that allows employees to choose the allocation of their premiums and the composition of their benefits.

CALL DATE

Periodic or continuous rights given to the lender to cause payment of the total principal balance prior to the maturity date.

CALL OUT

An instance of being summoned, esp. in order to deal with an emergency or to do repairs.

CALORIE

The energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water through 1

CANCELLATION CHARGE

A penalty that is incurred for not having a service as long as the contract was stated for.

CAPABILITY MAPPING

The analysis of a specific organization’s resources and structures which help identify the potential of the organization.

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