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DEFICIENT FILING

Documents about a case and filed with the court. The are incomplete but have no fees.

DEFORESTATION

Clearing forests or removing trees to make land for housing, agriculture, or firewood. Nothing is replanted and no time is allowed for forest regeneration. It is connected to the greenhouse effect and

DEHYDRATION

1. taking water from a mix. 2. when the body has too little water in it causing electrolyte imbalance. Excessive loss of water or not enough intake is the cause. Coated tongue,

DELEGATIVE LEADERSHIP

When a leader gives authority to make decisions to the employees but is responsible for the results.

DELTA

The change in price compared to the price of the underlying futues asset. A call is between 0 and +1. A put is 0 to 1. It shows how likely an option

DEMOGRAPHIC SEGMENTATION

When a market is separated based on demographics of the customers. It defines niches that need promotion.

DENSITY

The weight per volume used to describe compactness. It is in kg/m3 or lb/ft3. Sometimes lb/gallon and kg/l are used as well.

DESCRIPTIVE STATEMENT

A statement for an account by a bank on electronic banking. It is required by regulation e of the SEC.

DETERMINISTIC MODEL

When outcomes are decided through relationships in states and events with no variation. The same output is always assumed.

DILUTION

The act of reducing the proportion of ownership held by current investors through issuance of new shares of COMMON STOCK (or through the exercise of outstanding stock OPTIONS or the conversion of

DISCOUNTED CASH FLOW

A financial measurement technique used to evaluate the worth of capital investments, ACQUISITIONS, or other projects involving cash inflows and outflows over time. Net CASH FLOWS are discounted at a company

CADBURY RULES

Certain guidelines that are specified by the UK’s Cadbury Committee. The rules are for Corporation Governance’ which submitted their report in 1992. The objective of the report is to raise the confidence

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