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A B/L certifying that the goods have been received in good order and in a good condition from the shipper and have been put aboard the right vessel on the right date.

The quantity of equipment that is greater than the quantity needed to carry on safely. For example the number of radios on a plane.

A merger with a subsidairy firm that can occur without the approval of shareholders.

A policy for disability issued toan individual or group which covers any short time period between 13 and 26 weeks. See, Short Term Disability After a Car Accident: FAQ.

An approximate contract price that is developed by the customer’s engineering, accounting, procurement and costing staff.

The number a days an emplyee has each year when he can stay off work and still be paid when he is too ill to go to work.

A rating that is more than fair that is given to an employee or applicant due to their professional or personal similarity to the person interviewing or evaluating them.

A term that refers to amount of coverage expressed as a single amount.

A dangerous situation caused by the sudden collapse of a land mass into an empty space below it.

Developed by Motorola in 1986. It is a business strategy used in many countries to improve its quality of services and products through the removal of errors and defects. 99.99966% of products

A provision allowed in some mortgagaes where a payment can be missed or skipped as the payment has been made previuosly or there is enough money to cover the next payment.

The small but specific time period when a commercial or ad is aired.

The combination of smoke and fog. It now refers to the photochemical smog trapped at ground level by inversion layers in the atmosphere.

The goodwill and trust that a company acquires from the community by understanding the concerns of citizens and addressing them.

A process where individuals can observe the behaviour in others and see its consequences and are able to modify their own behaviour accordingly.

The organisation of society that is based on patterns of interaction between parents, teachers and students, employees and employers that have been regulated by the accepted norms and vaues of a society.

A font that is not stored in the printer but comes with the document to be printed from the computer.

The ability of a computer program has to perform its functions and operations in the systems environment without going into a failure situation.

The amount of a substance, solute, that can be dissolved in a set volume of liquid, solvent. Expressed as moles per 100gms.

A rule in taxation where a state can tax any income derived from any sources that lie within the states boundary.