Category: C

The EXECUTIVE BOARD of a French company that uses the DUAL BOARD SYSTEM. See also CONSEILDU SURVEILLANCE.

An arrangement of trade where a seller gets to sell in a shop they don’t own. Once sold the owner of the establishment is paid a percent of the money for the

A situation where payoffs add up to a constant figure for any outcome. One player winning must be offset by another players losses. A zero sum game is an example of this.

A professional that makes sure any changes or construction is done to the state and federal code.

How a party searches for and uses a good or service. It is done to fulfill a need. Refer to consumer decision making.

A term in shipping that means a carrier will pack the cargo in containers and unpach them at the port.

1. insurance taken out to cover expenses not covered by a primary plan. 2. insurance for remote risks that the primary policy is slow to cover.

A strategy that lets the seller uses a promotion to get customers they don’t have and keep the ones they do have.

Administrative budge agency that empowers a government bureau to receive duty before the related annexation has been cleared or to go pass an already approved annexation.

Kind of vehicle renting in which the renting company undertakes sustenance and restoration of the automobile and provides other related services (like offering a substitute vehicle), when a fixed fee is payed.

Kind of insurance policy (like insurance of property but not accident or personal insurance) which only gets back the insured persons to their actual financial standing. They cannot benefit from it.

Surplus of the actual deal price over the concluding price of a deal (includes remedial work and allowed changes).

Legal kinship between parties of contract demonstrated by 1) a proposal, 2) proposal

In the US markets, the period between the filing of a final PROSPECTUS and the offering of a NEW ISSUE of securities to public investors. The cooling off period is typically 20

INFLATION that results from increased costs of production, including raw materials and labor. Higher production costs are priced into goods and services, leading labor to demand higher wages to meet the higher

A contra account that is used to fund EXPECTED CREDIT LOSSES. Reserves are established by deducting required amounts from operating revenues or current income, and are used when a COUNTERPARTY ceases to

A regulatory method of computing CREDIT RISK on a SWAP under the BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT

A collection of items of the same type stored in a hidden or inaccessible place or a hidden or inaccessible storage place for valuables, provisions, or ammunition.

An office set up to handle a large volume of telephone calls, esp. for taking orders and providing customer service.