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LIFO RESERVE

LIFO method inventory amount in contrast to the FIFO method inventory amount.

LIMITED PARTNERSHIP UNIT

A share certificate representing one unit of ownership in a partnership which has both general and limited partners, known as limited partnership. Limited partners invest in the venture and receive a prestated

LINE LOSS

Distribution or transmission system having inherent inefficiencies or defects leads to this waste of electrical energy.

LINEARITY

1. Un-natural, mostly theoretical property of ordered systems and straight lines, characterized by ‘good behavior,’ predictability, and simple proportions. It is not a common feature of the natural (real) world and exists

LIQUIDITYTRAP

When a company holds their assets and does not sell them. It stops any two way traffic of funds causing new buyers to enter the market.

LIVE SPACE

Area inside a wall that reflects sound, thus sustaining it.

LOAD SPREAD OPTION

An investor making periodic contributions to a mutual fund account. It spreads out the load payments as smaller ones. Also known as Spread Load Contractual Plan. An alternative is to pay fees

LOCKOUT

Employment action. An entity stops or withholds work. The work force is not allowed on entity property during this condition. It is a reverse strike by entity management, intended to compel an

LOGISTICS SUPPORT

Equipment, facilities, spares, technical information, and trained personnel procurement and distribution for a campaign, plan, or project as essential actions for their proper operation.

LONG DISTANCE CALL

Two or more central offices are typically involved in this type of telephone call.

LONG TERM LIABILITY

A year or more in the future, either from the balance sheet date or today, this obligation is due in goods or services. Disclosing its long-term liabilities with their interest rates, other

LOSING THE POINTS

A decrease on the profit return results in this condition as the current value of the investment is less that the bid.

LOSS FINANCING

Risk management techniques used to prevent loss and increase profit.

LOSS PAYABLE CLAUSE

Payment authorization clause. Covers insured payout to insured entities who are not the insured. Protects a mortgage lender, as an example.

LOT SIZE

An accepted incremental quantity or measure of what an entity is offering for sell or willing to purchase. Another name for lot quantity.

LADDERING

When an underwrite gives extra share when an investor agrees to buy on the secondary market. This is illegal and is called spinning.

LANDLORD’S LIEN

Non-payment of rent and/or other charges gives rights to the lessor/owner to seize and sell a tenant’s assets.

LAST CLEAR CHANCE

A principle for making an individual liable for an accident for not avoiding the situation when a final clear opportunity presented itself.

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