Category: F

When a worker gets to decide how work will be done and how to schedule. Limits may be put on this regarding core time coverage. Limits are also put on the minimum

(1) In INSURANCE, an ENDORSEMENT that allows coverage of moveable property to be transferred with the property between locations. (2) See FLOATING RATE NOTE.

A member of the stock exchange that executes orders on their account. Refer to floor broker.

Losing teeth or joint deformities that is caused by flourides in water and food.

Taking direction from a leader in a company. Both leaders and followers are needed to make a company work.

Food chains or relationships that nutrients pass on from one species to another.

A price an asset is sold in auction. AKA forced liquidatin value.

Directors’ report in an official US format.

Using the movement of specific indices at a preset limit, below or above a values, preset limit in the decision to transfer funds among different types of investments, as in from stocks

Contracted rate and future, or forward, date for currency spot (between two days) or exchange (more than two days) purchase and sale.

Contract or order budget negotiation preparation by projecting variable costs.

B/L documenting carrier issues with the goods to be shipped. These adverse remarks or notations are known as ‘clauses’. Issues with the goods or its packaging are varied. Examples: look wet, damaged,

Separation process using the different boiling points of various compounds of volatile components in a mixture. As the compound boils into vapor, components are split from the remaining brew. As the vapor

Marine insurance position other that a ship sinking or stranding requiring a claim be a certain minimum amount or percentage of loss.

Measures bank’s ability to use free capital without having to liquidate its fixed assets to absorb bad debts. Formula: Free capital divided by bad debts.

Consumer incentive from offering an additional amount of a good.

Duty-free area in an airport, seaport, or other designated area. After paying the required duties, allows for goods stored, displayed, assembled, or processed for re-export or general market entry in the importing

Typically free-to-consumer reply-mail that a company pays for as an incentive to the consumer to reply. Postage plus a fee for each piece of mail received is the obligation of the company

Transportation carrier cost to transport goods. Different rates apply for type of goods, distance, weight, size, methods, and directions.

Measurable time out-of-work, like a contractor who is between contracts. Also, the time for an employee laid off and seeking other work. Temporary unemployment due to time lags job hunting if already