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ONSHORE

1. The country in which you legally reside (and whose courts have jurisdiction over you). 2. On dry land, not at sea.

OPEN COMPETITIVE BIDDING

A bidding contest that concludes with the opening of sealed bids in a public forum, enabling all interested parties to witness the bids.

OPEN FRAMEWORK

Open framework software enables programmers to easily remove and replace modules to create new apps.

OPEN RATING

A system that enables insurers to use rates not previously approved by the state.

OPENING BALANCE

Balance at the beginning of a new accounting period, brought forward from the previous period.

OPT IN

Explicit permission to continue sending marketing information to an individual. Once this permission has been acquired, the individual must generally choose to opt out to stop receiving marketing materials.

OPTION DATE

On this date, payment is necessary for reservation purposes.

ORAL ARGUMENT

Statements that are given orally by an attorney, either in defense of a client or to rebut the opposing party?s statements.

ORDERLY SALE

Sale of assets without pressure to sell as quickly as possible or to accept whatever offers are made. See FORCED SALE.

ORDINARY RESOLUTION

Company resolution that involves unexceptional company business and requires only a simple majority vote to be passed, without prior notification of the proposal.

ORGANIZATIONAL PLANNING

This process entails staffing and resource allocation to immediate and long-term goals, and is one of the most vital responsibilities of a management team.

OUTBOUND CASH FLOW

Money that the company must pay out (e.g. salaries, supplies, rents, taxes). Hopefully, the total outbound cash flow will be less than inbound cash flow (i.e. money coming into the business).

OUTPERFORM

A market analyst recommendation that means a stock will generate slightly better returns than the market as a whole.

OVERABSORPTION

Credit balance in a factory overhead account, caused by over-estimating the cost of overheads in a given period.

OVERHANG

Describes the bit of roof that extends beyond an exterior wall.

OVERNIGHT DELIVERY RISK

The risk that a seller in a different time zone might not fulfil their obligation, which the buyer will only discover on the following trade day. The greater the time zone difference,

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