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STUFFING OF A CONTAINER

Process where cargo is loaded into empty containers then sealed and transported to a carrier. Also known as vanning.

SUBPRIME LENDER

Financial bodies having the inclination to lent to consumers who don’t qualify for a traditional loan.

SUBSTANTIVE

The existence that is permanent or real and temporary or apparent.

SUGGESTIVE MARK

A symbol, word or picture suggesting but not describing aspects of the associated service or goods.

SUNDRY EXPENSES

Infrequent or miscellaneous costs not assigned to an individual ledger but grouped together.

SUPERFICIAL

1. Artificial or fake. 2. Insignificant or unimportant.

SUPPLY ELASTICITY

Correlation existing between price change of an item and the resulting need for less or more of the item based on demands of consumers.

SURGI-CENTER

The facility where outpatients receive surgical services.

SWAP RATE

In swapping currency. It is the forward rate of exchange that is expressed in terms of premiums or discounts from spot rate.

SYNCHRONOUS

Latin-with time. The sequence of events that occur together or at a fixed interval that is timed by a clock.

SYSTEM INTEGRITY

A system’s state where its intended functions are being performed without degradation or being impaired by other changes or disruptions to its environments.

TACTICAL PLANNING

The systematic and determination of short term or immediate activities needed to achieve strategic planning objectives.

TANDEM PLAN

A US subsidized mortgage program where loans enable developers and builders to create not for profit public housing.

TAP CD

A certificate of large denomination of deposit that is issued at the investor’s request.

TARGET PAYOUT RATIO

The amount of money wanted by a company to be able to pay out dividends to its investors.

TASK

The essential and smallest part of a job that is a unit of work differentiating from other parts of the project.

SPECIFIC RETURN

The part of an excess return on assets that are not explained by common factors. Also known as idiosyncratic return.

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