Category: S

A loan of a short term allowing the home owner to purchase a new home before he has sold the first home. Also known as a bridging loan or gap loan.

Coding scheme for secure data transmissions using one digital key to encode and decode the message. Also known as symmetric key encryption.

A product not naturally produced but fabricated through synthesis.

Industrial ethanol or ethyl alcohol that is used in cosmetics etc. That has been denatured so it is less harmful.

Clause stopping the beneficiary’s creditor’s ability to collect benefits before they are received by the beneficiary.

When part of a firm is sold off, stock converts to shares in the new company.

1. Accounting. Worksheet set out in columns and rows.2. Computing. Software allowing data to be entered in columns and rows to ease mathematical use of formulas and to present and graphs and

One presented a long time, 6 months or more after the date of issue. Also known as a stale dated check.

1. Held as a reserve, substitute or spare to use when needed. 2. Passenger ticket with no reservation but takes the next available seat.

1. Law. With a capital ‘S’. The prosecuting body of persons accused of wrong doing in that state. 2. Politics. With a lower case’s’. The area geographically within defined territorial boundaries with

A report that summarizes a situation over a set period of time.

A court order suspending a judicial proceeding either in full or in part.

Increase in a premium at set points during the policy term.

The alternate term for probabilistic inventory control.

Notification from account holder to the bank to stop a check being drawn on.

The plan diagram showing where cargo is located on a vessel. Also known as the stowage plan.

Process for developing a strategy by research into the business and its environment.

1. Ability to resist force or pressure. 2. Knowledge, skill, capital or an advantage over competition. See SWOT analysis.

An economy or organization wide recurring change created by factors like seasonal patterns and long term trends.

Secondary or junior contractor working with the main contractor.