Category: L

1. If Nonpolitical, this is an entity that favors social solutions to economic, social, and other problems, and favors less law and restriction to personal freedoms. 2. If Political, this is an

A process for managing system software, hardware, and support over the life of a system. In this process, the focus is on the initial development and implementation stages as projects expend at

The way one lives is called one’s lifestyle. It is comprised of how the entity copes with physical, psychological, social, and economic environments on a day-to-day basis. A way of living for

Nonproprietary, open standard used for index formatting in system access directories. Based on X.500 standard, and much simpler and smaller, LDAP supports TCP/IP for internet access, storing and retrieving names, addresses, phone

The legal protection limiting each shareholder to the par value of fully paid-up company shares to cover the financial liability of the company’s debts and obligations in a privately or publicly owned

In Insurance, this is a multi-used term. Loss or damage payout typically has a maximum benefit as a limit. An insurer often has an age limit beyond which no policy will be

A broker-written document describing a prospective risk that is given to underwriters to decide on their willingness to insure what fraction of risk described.

Bank and customer arrangement to cover checking account or credit card limit overruns by allowing the back to withdraw funds from another of the customer’s account like a savings account.

Independent private or public standards or testing organization that assesses goods and materials based on specific criteria and gives its mark, known as listing mark, to be carried on qualifying items as

A family uses this dwelling as a type of housing.

City, town, county, or state level government. The administrative body for this small geographic jurisdiction. Electing officials, enacting taxes, and doing many things a national government can do is within its jurisdiction.

Made while logging activities in a log book, this is the specific calendar date and/or time that the entry was posted.

Used as a reference for floating rate payments, this is the interest rate midway between LIBOR and LIBID rates.

A call option is a long position taken as an options strategy with a put option. Contrast to short straddle. Also known as bull straddle.

Contracts over a period of one year in length with construction performance related activities. Residential and commercial construction contracts are typical for this type.

Damages resulting from a pending lawsuit are an example of a potential liability that is probable and reasonably estimable forced to use this provision.

produce a reinsurance rate as a factor of pure loss costs.

Absentee hours tallied divided by Normal hours constant, typically 35 hours, times 100. Expressed as a percentage. Illness, injury, any medical problem, child care and other family and personal obligations, maternity or

Employee autonomy over how to do a job, or control over work conditions is low in this work setting.

A contract requiring no cost breakdown. The principal, either customer or owner, agrees to pay a specified amount for work a contractor completes.