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LLOYD’S ASSOCIATION

Lloyd’s of London is copied by an organized group. It is not affiliated with Lloyd’s. Only responsible for the risk portion they choose to insure, unrelated entities congregate to collectively provide coverage.

LOCALIZATION

accommodating the language, cultural, political and legal differences of a foreign market or country as a practice for adjusting a product’s functional properties and characteristics.

LOGARITHM (LOG)

Inverse of an exponential. Raising the base to a power to give another number. Base 10 logarithm is known as common logarithm.

LONDON METAL EXCHANGE (LME)

Futures exchange for non-ferrous metal and plastics based in London, England. 1571 saw the establishment of the Royal Exchange, London’s first stock exchange, which evolved into the LME.

LONG TERM CARE (LTC)

Health care professionals administering to people with diseases or disabilities lets this term refer to health or social care.

LOSS DAMAGE WAIVER (LDW)

In accordance with the terms and conditions of the rental agreement, safe driving of a rental car relieves the customer of damages arising from loss of the car or any damage to

LOSS OF BARGAIN RULE

Lawful damages payout is required that financially positions the offended party of a breached contract to where the offended party would have been financially if there had been no breach. A legal

LOW-COST COUNTRY SOURCING (LCCS)

Using foreign companies with lower wages to generate manufacturing resources as a company’s procurement strategy. A company may be able to lower operational expenses by locating companies operating on leaner budgets than

LUNAR DAY

Used in tidal predictions , consist of a period of 24 hours and 50 minutes. Also known as tidal day.

MACHINE HOUR

Measured as one machine working for one hour. Not a labor hour. Used in mechanized production to apply overhead costs to work-in-process inventory. Necessary for cost accounting,

MADISON AVENUE

Well-known, popular New York City – Manhattan district street. Named after the fourth President of the United States, John Madison. Pricey real-estate, high-end shopping, and large advertising agencies are trade-mark characteristics. The

MAINTENANCE CAPABILITY

Drawings, facilities, funding, personnel, spare parts, technical data, test equipment, tools defined as resources available for required maintenance tasks.

MAKE OR BUY DECISION

To make a particular item in-house, or to buy it from a supplier as a more advantageous determination. Qualitative quality control and quantitative relative cost are factors considered in the choice.

MANAGED ACCOUNT

Investment manager administered and supervised investment account, containing one or more investor’s invested the funds. In proportion to their contribution to the account, these investors share in the gains and losses.

MANAGERIAL FLEXIBILITY

The management team’s ability to fit investment decisions to existing market conditions, such a timing and scale, versus to preset assumptions and goals. A mining company with managerial flexibility in its operations

MAN-YEAR

A 12-month period of one person’s productive effort represented as a unit of work. Also known as labor year.

MARGINAL EXTERNAL BUDGET

Total benefit change of some households or businesses due to a unit change in other households’ or businesses’ consumption or output.

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