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LOWER CONTROL LIMIT

Control chart’s quality control bottom limit for data points below the control average line. Contrast to upper control limit.

LUNAR MONTH

Equal to 29.53 days. Two successive new moons define this period.

LABOR DAY

First Monday in September; an observed US Federal holiday. Authorized in 1882, it gives a guaranteed day off to working individuals. Parades, cookouts, and shopping are a typical event on this holiday.

LAND IMPROVEMENT

Adding driveways, fencing, parking spaces, pavements, walls, and the like as limited-life enhancements to a parcel of developed land. Also refer to land development.

LATENCY

1. ending at manifestation of effects and beginning at first exposure to a hazardous substance. 2. ending at a computer/device-command’s execution and begun when the command was given. 3. Measured elapsed time

LAW OF DIMINISHING RETURNS

Economic concept: Increase one production factor, such as the number of workers, for example, leaving other factors, such as machines and workspace, for example, as is, output will lessen as a ratio

LAYOFF

Employment suspension or termination with or without notice due to no fault of the employee. Lack of work, cash, or material can be the reason. Redundancy is a term for a permanent

LEADER LOCATION

A site that attracts customers to the insured’s business. One of the four kinds of dependent properties covered under business income insurance.

LEARNING OBJECTIVE

Lessons expectations statement for a student. Allegedly provides the student a detailed description of what ability is gained when the instruction ends. To assist students on how to make practical use of

LEGAL DEFEASANCE

The lender can require debts be paid before stating the bond is paid in full when outstanding debts occurred on the bond.

LEGEND DRUG

Caution: Federal law prohibits dispensing without a prescription’ labeled drug.

LESS-THAN CONTAINER LOAD (LCL)

Cargo failing to qualify for freight rates given to a standard shipping container due to insufficient quantity or weight. Shipping term.

LETTER OF INDEMNITY

A bank or insurance company promises by this written confirmation to act as a 3rd-party on behalf of the first party in a transaction or contract. This 3rd-party covers loss or damage

LEVEL COMMISSION SYSTEM

New contract and renewed contract commissions are system-regulated to be the same percentage of the premiums.

LEVELS OF MANAGEMENT

Company roles accountable for employee productivity and the work performance. The role of management is split into three levels: top-level, middle-level, and first-level. These levels are tiered in numbers and overall responsibilities.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION

Knowledge classification scheme for subject divisions, indicated by letters, and their subdivisions by numbers. Known as call numbers for books, and other material, as a part of a library’s systematic cataloging and

LIFE ESTATE

Freehold estate while the beneficiary or tenant lives. Terminates at the beneficiary’s death. Not a legal estate, so the beneficiary cannot sell the property. It is only an equitable interest.

LIFETIME EXPOSURE

In one’s estimated 70-year lifetime, the exposure to a substance that one will get as a total value.

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

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