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ACCOUNTABILITIES

When a trustee must report all asstes entrusted to them. It is done even if the rules are followed to ensure honesty.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Stating that something is true or factual. When a buyer agrees to pay for their purchase. A message that confirms a communication was recieved. An oath done in public. Ensuring a shipment

ACT OF WAR

An insurance policy that protects against losses incurred from war time conflicts or peace time damages as a result of derelict mines or torpedoes.

ABNORMAL VARIATION

An error in the system or theft that can cause significant reduction in a company’s inventory. The loss exceeds the normal allowable level.

ABSORPTION

1. Accounting: When related accounts are absorbed into each other. Called an absorption account. 2. Economics: Total amount spent by a country on goods and services. Account deficits or surplus occurs when

ABORT

A large amount of inventory waste that may be caused process inefficiency. Eventually this leads to abnormal loss. Abnormal spoilage is another term for this. The same can be applied to computers.

ABSTENTION

Refuseal, from one bankruptcy court, to get involved with a matter of another court with jurisdiction

ABOUT

While not an exact term ‘about’ signifies not more or less than 10 percent of the stipulated amount, quantity, or unit price. Refer to the definition of approximately.

ABSTRACT

A written statement about a complex work that contains only the basic gist. It is usually written by another author. Other terms that might help are abridgment, digest, outline, pr

ABOVE FULL-EMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM

This occurs when the economy produces goods at a higher rate than normal. The level of normalcy is decided by the gross domestic product or the GDP. This causes the market to

ABSTRUSE

Something that is harder to understand for those with only basic knowledge on the topic.

ABOVE GROUND RISK

Risks whose nature is not technically calculatedly. Usually associated with the political climate, market variations, and price fluctuation.

ABUSE OF POWER

The basic abuse of power that can occur when they become too manipulative with those around them and the trust given to them.

ABX INDEX

An index used to derive the value of a mortgages subprime. A credit default to exchange is used to help those with weak credit. It has four series each containing 20 bonds.

ABANDONMENT

the voluntary relinquishment of all rights, title, or claim to property that rightfully belongs to the owner of the property. Stocks, bonds or mutual funds held in a brokerage account where the

ABOVE THE LINE

1. Accounting: a record used to characterize income and expenses required to run a business that affect the profit, but not the capital, of the given company. 2. Advertising: exposure through the

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