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In a contract, this clause allows the buyer, obligor or a lessee to renew a concluded contract for another term.

When an initial public offering of shares is made, this is a list of investors who have subscribed to buy shares.

In any business, this term is used for all those activities that are necessary and normal.

The rate at which a company will grow using only its own resources, without borrowing or buying other firms.

The study of communication within and between organizations. It considers the impact of communication structures on the individuals within those structures, and can contribute to effective management.

Long-term criminal activity conducted in a structured and systematic manner, with the aim of generating illicit income. The activities and techniques vary, often involving violence, theft, fraud and trade in illicit items

A system that provides information on non-NASDAQ markets.

Structures that are covered by homeowner insurance, but that are not part of the main property (e.g. sheds, garages, gazebos).

Operating costs that exceed income generation.

The gap that exists between the actual GDP of a country and the GDP of the country at maximum capacity or efficiency. A negative output gap suggests improper allocation or use of

This method is used to determine whether specific security prices are moving too much in one direction or the other.

The amount of revenue that must be generated to cover the daily cost of manufacturing.

1. A product (or print) run that exceeds orders for the finished articles. 2. A cost in excess of the budgeted amount.

The increase (or decrease) in the demand for a product, divided by the decrease (or increase) in its price, assuming other variables remain constant.

1. The use of available resources to achieve a target(the objective), within a specified timeframe. A collection of goals is usually termed as an objective.Policy appraisals and performance appraisals are based on

A bill of lading for the journey that takes places in the ocean and includes various modes of transportation such as by air or by sea.

The period of the year when the demand of a particular good or a service is the lowest in the annual cycle.

A department for federal government employees that deal with human resources. The OPM provides valuable services such as recommendation of certain individuals for promotion, innovationin the field of human resource practice and

Changing an aircraft at a layover which often involves the change of airlines.

A storage facility to protect the storage of magnetic media, microfilm, etc, usually at a remote location. Nowadays, sites rent out space on their hard drives to customers that allows easy storage