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Category: L

LIMIT

1. In General, this is a boundary of scope, be it authority, power, privilege, or right. Prescribed bounds. 2. In Banking, this is (1) The largest amount a bank will loan to

LINE FUNCTION

Daily operations such as purchasing, manufacturing, and selling associated with its organizational decision making areas. Also refer to staff function.

LINEAR MARKET

A straight line movement of goods from one end of the supply chain to the other in a traditional distribution channel.

LIQUIDATED DAMAGES

Cash compensation, agreed to by signed, written contract for breach of contract, payable to the aggrieved party. The contract succinctly specifies what actions, or omissions, constitute a breach. To be legally enforceable,

LISTING REQUIREMENTS

Conditions that a firm must meet before the security, be it a stock, shares, or bonds, is officially quoted or listed for public trading on an organized stock exchange. Some of these

LOAD BALANCING

The even splitting of workload among two or more servers. The intent is to provide a certain standard of throughput for the user community while having online backup servers in case one

LOCKBOX

Banking related service allowing a company to drop its deposit in a postal box where the bank will obtain the deposit and post it to the company’s bank account(s). Typically this service

LOGGING

In a log book, the systematic daily or hourly recording of activities, events, and/or occurrences.

LONG TERM DEBT

Some amount due from the balance sheet date for 12 months or longer. A bank loan, mortgage bonds, debenture, or other obligations not due for one year are several examples. In a

LOOKBACK PERIOD

Determining if a company is paying employment taxes on the correct depositing schedule during this timeframe. July 1 through the next June 30 is this timeframe. A company decides during this time

LOSS DEVELOPMENT FACTOR

Claims reported late give the insurer extra money due to this factor introduced to permit development of losses and reimbursement.

LOSS OF MARKET

Lost chance to sell a potential buyer a specific item. Excluding it as a standard business peril in this circumstance from certain contracts is typically done.

LOSSLESS COMPRESSION

Compression-decompression process using compression algorithms, yet experiencing no data loss. Data file size reduction technique. The decompressed file is identical in every way to the original file while not having high compression

LOWER EXPLOSIVE LIMIT (LEL)

A measure of a gas or vapor in air, given an ignition source, such as arc, flame, or heat, capable of producing a flash of fire. Lowest concentration as a percentage versus

LUSOPHONE COUNTRIES

Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, and SaoTome and Principe are countries where Portuguese is the common language.

LABOR STANDARDS

Forecasting or analyzing labor performance as computed, estimated, or measured values. Examples of these are assembly time, operations per hour, output per unit of time.

LANDFILL

Environmentally acceptable waste disposal to fill a depression in the earth. Typically, non-hazardous waste is layered and compressed over a specific area of land. At the end of each working day the

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