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CHANGE IN CONTROL PROVISION

An agreement in an employment contract giving an employee certain protections from a change of ownership in a company. Typically, protections trigger after a change in the controlling interest that impacts the

CHECK ENDORSEMENT

Signatures, on the front by the payee, and on the back by the depositor, on a check acknowledging that both parties agree to exchange the specified check amount. Written on the back

CHEMICAL HYGIENE PLAN

Documented, approved, detailed description of policies and work practices designed and employed to protect employees and others in a workplace from health hazards possible due to the presence, production, or use of

CHI SQUARE (C2) DISTRIBUTION

Random variables distribution for variables required to be equal to or greater than 0. Unlike normal distributions, this distribution traces as an asymmetric curve. This curve has a long tail, extending to

CHIP AND PIN

UK-sponsored program for a new debt card system to authorize transactions using chip-implanted card and pin number. The card reader will access the stored information on the chip when the debit card

CHRONICLE

Recorded description of events or happenings in the order of their occurrence.

CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

US residents, 16 years of age or older, not employed by any government or military institution, and either employed and unemployed. .

CLASS-A FIRE

NFPA classification for a fire due to or engulfing ordinary combustible material, such as cloth, paper, plastics, rubber, wood, and the like. These materials can be extinguished using water based or general

CLASSIFIED LOAN

Past-due loan now questionable as able to survive past the recovery of the full principal balance plus accrued interest. Banks identify such loans as poor-performing assets in their account books.

CLEANED IN PLACE (CIP)

Cleaning of equipment in its stationary location while assembled. The equipment is cleaned and sanitized in modern food processing plants by automatic, computer-controlled devices at the appropriate time.

CLEARING MEMBER

An EXCHANGE member that is permitted to clear trades directly with the CLEARINGHOUSE, and which can accept trades for other clearing members and NONCLEARING MEMBERS. CLEARINGHOUSE (1) In the DERIVATIVES market, a

CLOSE MARKET

Narrow profit margins or spread characterized this market. Contrast to wide market.

CLOSED QUESTION

Accompanied by a select set of answers one can choose. Example: Multiple choice questions.

CLOSEOUT

Selling off of discontinued, obsolete, or slow-moving stock, typically through a clearance sale.

CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM

Spore specie of clostridium bacteria that produces the botulism toxin leading to botulism and other serious pathogenic conditions. Notated also as C. botulinum or Clos. botulinum.

COATED STOCK

Paper or paperboard covered with a thin layer of clay that enhances reproduced bright colors in printing.

COEFFICIENT OF CORRELATION (R)

Statistical measure of the linear relationship or correlation between an independent variable and a dependent variable. Represented by the lowercase letter ‘r’, its value of worth varies between 1 and 0, where

COHORT STUDY

Analytical study of a group sharing several similar characteristics, such as habit of smoking or a particular disease. The study group is simultaneously monitored closely over time with another contrasting group, such

COLLABORATIVE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE (CBI)

To share and institutionalize quantitative structured or qualitative unstructured information by using integrated software, such as Lotus notes or Microsoft Meetings. Such information would otherwise be lost as employees leave the firm,

COLLEAGUE

A known employee or peer in the same profession, business or organization. Known also as coworker.

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