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SOFT CLAUSE

A provision in a L/C giving complete control to the buyer and making the beneficiary powerless.

SOFTWARE CONTRACT

The development of software by an agreement stating the responsibilities and rights of the writer and customer.

SOLID STATE

Matter that is in a crystalline form rather than a liquid or amorphous state.

SOUR CRUDE

Crude oil that contains a large amount of sulphur by weight, usually above 1 %.

SPECIAL COVERAGE FORM

Offer a broad coverage to any property, commercial or personal that will cover all risks but might have a lot of other exclusions.

SPECIAL TOOLING

Any specialised equipment that can be only be used for a specific purpose. Items like gauges, dies, molds, jigs, patterns.

PREPAID RENT

The fee paid by a company for occupying and utilizing a property for its business operations.

PRERETIREMENT

In the event that an employee dies before officially retiring, the preretirement death benefit pension plan is designated to the deceased.

PREVAILING WAGE

The wages, both trade and public work, that workers in a particular area are paid. It is expressed in hourly wages and is inclusive of overtime wages and benefits.

PRIVATE DEBT

The individuals responsibilites for mortgages and other similar liabilities.

PRIVATIZATION

As opposed to nationalization, privatization is the sale of enterprises owned by public companies to private companies.

PROBABLY

Greater than the normal probability of an event occuring.

PROCUREMENT REQUEST

A contract that states the goods or services that need to received. The basis for a procurement action is based on this. The procurement request package also includes the statement of work

PRODUCTION SYSTEM

Manufacturing process, including different stages of design, produce, distribute and service are known as production system.

PROGRESS

Gradual movement towards the objective of a task.

PROJECTED BENEFIT OBLIGATION (PBO)

A calculated analysis of the present value of an employee’s post work pension assuming the employee would still work. In the company’s accounts, it is the pension liability of the company.

PROOF OF DELIVERY

This is the receipt that has been signed by the person that an item has been delivered to. The item was in a good and undamaged condition and the receiver has accepted

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