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OPERATING CASH FLOW

Overall income, adjusted for depreciation and the amortization of costs and assets.

ORDER CARD

A document that confirms an order is being placed.

ORDINARY DEBTS

Debts that are not secured and have no special claim on the debtor?s assets. Secured and preferential debts will be satisfied before ordinary debts.

ORGANIC ORGANIZATION

Organic organizations consist of employees of similar status without formal job titles or responsibilities, so individuals can perform the tasks to which they are best suited. Decision making is informal without resort

ORGANIZING

1. The arrangement of several entities into a logical pattern or structure. 2. Pulling together the resources necessary to achieve shared objectives.

OUT OF AREA

Any treatment an insurance policy holder receives that is outside of the usual service area.

OUTLAY

1. Accounting: The sum of all costs that are incurred during the acquisition of an asset or property. Includes taxes, the retail price and additional charges for installation and delivery. 2. Economics:

OVERCAPACITY

When production capacity exceeds the demand for a product.

OVERHEATING

Situation in which an economy’s production capacity fails to meet the demands of the market, which can cause or exacerbate inflation.

OVERSELL

Occurs when a salesman continues trying to sell a product even after a consumer has agreed to buy it.

NOMINAL PARTNER

A person who neither has ownership rights or active involvement in the firm’s affairs, but has a strong interest in the success of the partnership firm. Often a well known, well connected

NOMOGRAM

A chart with more than three parallel lines that have a high degree of calibration and alignment, such that, a straightline placed on two known values on two different line will lead

NONADMITTED INSURER

An insurer lacking the proper license to set up or do business in a certain location or country.

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