QUOTA SAMPLING
This is a sampling method that specifies the representative group. An example might be from males aged between 30 and 40 years old.
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This is a sampling method that specifies the representative group. An example might be from males aged between 30 and 40 years old.
The ratio between all assets held by a company and their replacement cost in today’s market. Assets include machinery and plane items needed to carry out the company’s trade. If the ratio
The steps that are taken in order to determine if an individual meets the requirements of a lending institution for a loan. It also assesses their ability to pay of the loan
A part of the quality assurance control that is used in the manufacture of a product. Each aspect of production is subject to its own quality control.
See also core earnings. The term that is used to differentiate between how a company earns its money. Money can come from investments and financing or from the primary operations that the
Definable specifications and objectives that can be given numerical values.
The Census Bureau will produce a survey every quarter that is considered to be an indicator of the trends in an economy. The survey provides estimates of the revenue from hospitals, nursing
A question that ha sbeen raised about a point of law. It is not answered by the jury but will be answered by the judge.
The way in which a bond or stock will be treated when it reaches its maturity date. It is the acknowledged way a stock will act at its maturity date.
An options whose profits are from derivative into foreign currency. The investor can participate in the foreign markets and still be protected from risk. AKA guaranteed exchange rate option and quantity adjusted
The amount of a firms most liquid assets. They include stock, cash, accounts recievable, and securities. It is a measure of the current assets minus inventory. Refer to quick ratio.
A company’s ability to use its near cash and quick assets to absorb liabilities.
When a company cannot share any news because it is registering a new issue.
An agreement where an insurer agrees to absorb loss at a percent rather than a specified cash amount. Refer to surplus share.
The difference between the bid and offer amount. The transaction has not yet occured. Refer to effective and realized spread.
When dealers give prices to traders who sell them. The price takes into consideration the supply and demand on the market. Refer to dealer and orderdriven market.
Speedy discharge of cargo without allowance for the customs or rules of the port or for delay from the crowded state ofthe harbor or wharf. Mott v. Frost (D. C.) 47 Fed.
An estate pur autre vie may be granted, not only to a man and his heirs, but to a man and the heirs of hisbody, which is termed a “quasi entail;” the
In English ecclesiastical law. The living or benefice of a vicar, as a parsonage is of a parson. 1 Bl. Comm. 387, 388.
An abbreviation of “Queen’s Bench Division.”
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