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FAMILY PACKAGING

Using design or an element of it to market to different products as the same family of products.

FASCISM

Imposing strict measure to empower government and remove citizens rights. A dictator rules it.

FAULT TREE

Using Boolean operators to show events to a fault.

FEMA DECLARATION PROCESS

Getting assistance from FEMA. A governor asks for help if a natural disaster occurs. The government steps in to help financially.

FIELD ENGINEER

A party that works on job sites away from an office to help customers.

FIGURE OF MERIT

The value that is the effectiveness, efficiency and performance from analysis.

FINANCIAL ECONOMICS

Economics that focus on time, opportunity cost, and other risks that are related to a financial decision. It looks at the decision under uncertain conditions.

FINANCIAL LEVERAGE

Using borrowed money to get more production and thusly profits. It is a ratio involving the total loss and total debt. The higher the debt the more the leverage a company has.

FINANCIAL TIMES STOCK EXCHANGE (FTSE) 100

The BENCHMARK index of the London Stock Exchange, comprised of 100 LARGE CAP STOCKS representing a broad range of industries. The FTSE 100 can be traded directly through EXCHANGETRADED FUNDS and DERIVATIVES.

FINENESS

1. the purity of precous metal. It is marked on the metal it self. 2.the measure of fiber size. It can be denier, tes, micrograms per inch, or fiber width

FIREFIGHTING

The short term fix for a problem instead of addressing it and solving it in a more long term fashion.

FIRST TO FILE RULE

When the parties in a law suit live in different jurisdictions.The first to file gets to have the home court advantage. Their judge will be local and they will have little travel

FISCAL RECORDS

A document that establishes an audit trail. It can be a bill, receipt, voucher or other document. It shows how money is spent to make a followable trail.

FIVE YEAR RULE

A different plan for getting distributions to a plan holder that dies before the start date. They get funds and are paid by the 5th year after death. This is not a

FIXED EXCHANGE RATE

A system of a countries currency comparing it to other currencies. A fixed rate is used that the government decides on. It is the opposite of floating exchange rate.

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