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FRONT DESK

Hotel or restaurant’s customer reception desk.

FRONTIER MARKETS

Less advanced and mature developing countries’ capital markets. Seen as more risky, yet, payoff can be high. These investable stock markets are not as strong in emerging markets.

FULFILLMENT CENTER

A place where orders are received, picked, packaged, and readied for delivery to the customer. Sometimes these location are independent third-party outsources used to complete taken orders.

FULL LINE PRICING

Retailing a product family with relative prices and package discounting the line. Also refer to product family.

FULL TIME EMPLOYEE

A person working 35 to 40 hours each week, every week. Refer to salaried worker.

FUNCTIONAL

Capable of performing one or more practical activities. Synonyms are worthwhile, useful, working.

FUTURES CONTRACT MULTIPLE

Standardized, constant value stated by an exchange. Futures stock index calculates to a dollar value when a traded commodity price is multiplied by this constant.

GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT

Condition of the employee receiving consistent work and payment from the employer. What a worker or college graduate seeks to provide consistent, continual income for self and family. Used in ranking colleges

GAP RATIO

Calculated as the worth of a company’s short-term investments against short-term expenses. Measures recognized profit at investment due-date.

GATEKEEPER MODEL

The patient’s contact point, referring patients for testing and to specialists. Typically, the patient’s primary care physician in certain types of HMO or PPO.

GENERAL CONTRACT

One prime contractor accountability for the entire project is set in this construction contract.

GENERAL ORDER WAREHOUSE

Storage facility for goods not yet been bonded through Customs for legal entry into the country, but have arrived in the United States. Items can be in the warehouse for up to

GENERIC APPEAL

Promoting a product category as an advertising strategy. Contrast this to marketing a specific brand name product in that category. To encourage children to eat vegetables, an advertisement will not name a

GEOGRAPHIC SEGMENTATION

Separation of geographic areas into marketing / advertising areas. Occurs after analyzing collected information in the physical location of the customer or other data source. Companies marketing products and services want to

GIFT CARD

Debit card with a preloaded amount. The cardholder uses it for the purchase of goods or services. Most can be used anywhere like a major credit card. However, some gift cards are

GIRO

A system of physical or electronic payment transfers for consumer purchases, used primarily in Europe and Japan. The giro results in a direct transfer of funds from the consumer, payer, or debtor

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (GDS)

Reservation network used world-wide as a single point of access by travel agents, online reservation sites, and large corporations. Computerized, it includes reserving most travel related items like airline seats, hotel rooms,

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