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HOME PAGE

The main page of a website that gives the owner’s information and links for other parts of the page. It is the first page shown but can be changed by the visitors

HOOKE’S LAW

The elastic limit on a solid material. The strain is measured to show how much a material can take and have the same shape. When the limit is passed it is the

HORIZONTAL PRICE RESTRAINT

When competitors and distribtors on the same level change prices to control supply. It causes a nonpricing horizontal restraint.

HACKER

A programmer that breaks into accounts to get access for the thrill of it. It is criminal action and can be altering, stealing, or taking funds.

HAND LUGGAGE

The bags a passenger can carry on a seating cabin. It is not checked in. It is restricted.

HARD BENEFIT

An increase in profit or savings due to implementation of a program or project.

HARD WATER

Water that becomes scum and scale. It interferes with the industrial process. It is alkaline because of small amounts of inorganic compounds from soil and rocks. It can be temporary and dissolved

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW

A magazine the Harvard business school started in 1922. There is useful information for business people. Articles cover every angle of finance. The audience is a senior manager.

HEALTH EFFECT

Any difference from normal function in the body due to an external agent.

HEAT STRESS

A name for medical conditions like heat exhaustion, heat cramps, and heat stroke. It is caused by working in hot areas.

HEDGE FUND

Really risky unregulated US partnership that uses aggressive leverage to make profit when the price changes. It is restricted in tehUS to less than 100 investors with each giving 1 million each.

HEMORRHAGE

A big loss of blood in a short time. It is also spelled as haemorrhage.

HIDDEN COST

A cost that is not included in price of any equipment like maintenance, supplies, training, and upgrades.

HIGH-LOW OPTION

An OVERTHECOUNTER COMPLEX OPTION that grants the buyer a payoff based on the difference between the high and low prices achieved by the UNDERLYING reference ASSET during the life of the transaction.

HISTOGRAPH

A line chart that uses a histogram to join the midpoints in a straight line.It ends in a polygon shape. If more data is avialable than it becomes a frequency or frequency

HOLDER IN DUE COURSE

A term for the original holder of an instrument that takes it in good faith and exchanges something valuable for it. AKA protected holder.

HOLOGRAPHIC WILL

A signed will hand written that is legally binding. See, What Is a Holographic Will?

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