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PROPRIETARY KNOW HOW

This covers all knowledge that provides the advantage one firm has over another. It includes formulae, concepts, technical information and software codes that are protected under laws against misuse and being made

PROTECTED TERRITORY

This is where an agents territory is protected so that another agent is unable to encroach on the said agents teritory or area. This is guranteeed by the franchisee or company principle

PROXIMATE CAUSE

Also known as direct cause. The result of an direct action and cause of loss to property that sets in motion a chain of events that is unbroken and causes damage, injury

PUBLIC ADJUSTER

This person is an insurance adjuster who works for the person who pays the insurance premiums and not for the insurance company.

PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW

Each state is ruled by duties and rights that need to be adhered to. This is an international law that covers these rights and duties of inter-government agencies and departments.

PUBLIC RELATIONS

The way a company or organisation promotes itself to the general public. It may be its workers, customers, suppliers and investors. The public relations department promotes the goodwill of the company through

PUBLICLY TRADED

Any securities and shares that are bought and sold on an organised exchange. They are bought off a document that is called a prospectus.

PURE CAPITALISM

A economic system that shows little interference from a government body. The system is run by big business and revolves around money and capital assets. TLD Example: The election of a president who

PURSUANT

A document that is used to conform or acts in agreement to other conditions such as in rrference to an agreement or situation. In law it applies to a how an act

PREPAID ASSET

A valued instrument such as the monthly rent for a company building, that has not yet been paid. It is usually recorded as an expense.

PREPAYMENT RISK

The risk associated with a fall in interest rates that is incurred by the lender or investor. As interest rates fall, most borrowers will pay of their loan balances and the investors

PRESTRESSED CONCRETE

Concrete in which steel bars have an increased resistance to stress due to the compression effect created by the stretching and anchoring of it.

PRIMARY DISASTER

The disaster that is considered to be the onset of subsequent disasters.

PRINTER CONTROL LANGUAGE (PCL)

Software belonging to the manufacturer of the printer that contains instructions for the printer on how a page is to be printed. As opposed to page description languages, PCL’s are not integrated

PRIVACY

The right that determines the nonintervention of secret surveillance and the protection of an individual’s information. It is split into 4 categories (1) Physical: An imposition whereby another individual is restricted from

PROBLEM-SOLUTION APPROACH

The sales approach taken by a salesman wherein he/she identifies the problems faced by a consumer and comes up alternative to tackle the problem through the product that is being promoted or

PRODUCT CHAIN

The processes that are involved in the creation of the final product.

PROFICIENCY

It is the measure of one’s expertise in a certain subject, language or concept.

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