Category: M

Savings account type used by banks and brokerage firms to invest in short-term debt obligations using funds held on deposit. This account type typically offers limited check writing privileges. It also typically

A market with only one buyer given them price control.

Leaving physical or psychological wellbeing as a state. Caused by disease, illness, injury, or sickness, particularly where the affected individual is aware of the condition. Morbidity is measurable in terms of (1)

Length of a mortgage, typically in years, unless some principal pre-payment occurs. For an asset that is not property, it can be the number of years until an investor receives the initial

Non-discriminatory trade policy commitment offered reciprocally offered between two countries. Both countries set the lowest import duty and quota restrictions on each other’s imports as they do on similar imports from any

Arabic-styled finance, pre-Islamic. One individual provides startup capital as the financier. Another individual will do the actual work, as the entrepreneur. Here, a single-tiered mudaraba exists. If there is a go-between negotiator,

A euronote facility that is allowed to use more than one currency.

An insurance policy that covers more than one line.

A specific insurance policy type covering property and any type of assets owned by an individual at multiple locations. Goods, futures, specialized equipment, or improvements made by the owner or others are

A single employee training in multiple skill-sets. A particular purpose in labor unions and their structure promotes workers with a range of skills or knowledge, These become useful on several different projects,

A fund manager’s hired assistant in managing investment portfolios. A sub-advisor works outside of the fund itself as a money manager. With the goal of reaching specific objectives, sub-advisors are authorized to

An M2 option plus large time deposits and repurchase agreements.

National, societal-based perspective-study of broad marketing activities, institutions, and processes. Starting at an economy’s aggregate goods and services flow, it determines social benefits as resource consumption and environmental effects.

Companies that do mail-order. Refer to mail order. Characteristics are a catalog or product list or website of available items. Consumers order by telephone, internet, or mail order and check together.

25,000 square feet or more of usable floor area earns a building this designation.

An immediate cause for concern, such a Condition, disorder, or growth will likely worsen in time, potentially deadly. Typically referenced in cancer determinations. Contrast to benign.

Unstructured approach of keeping a finger on the pulse of the organization by collecting qualitative information and listening to suggestions and complaints. Hands-on, direct manager participation in subordinates’ work-related affairs. Managers make

Characteristic or property of being modifiable, manipulable . Also refer to manipulative (Definition 2).

Processing raw materials, components, and parts while building finished goods based on a customer’s specifications and expectations. Manufacturing commonly employs a man/machine setup with division of labor in a large scale production.

All other factors remaining constant, an activity’s overall benefit increase caused by a unit increase in the level of that activity. Also known as marginal utility.