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ZERO DEFECTS

Level of prevention of defects where output is within limits.

WRITE OFF

Accounting. Where an asset is uncollectable and considered to be a loss.

ZOMBIE DEBT

Term describing old debts bought to life by actions of collecting it.

ZONING

Legislative process dividing land into zones for different uses such as industrial, open space, residential. See zonation.

WEIGHT OR MEASUREMENT (W/M)

Way of quoting rates for freight. (1) Sea freight; per metric ton or cubic meter whichever is greater,(2) Air; per kilogram or 1 cubic foot whichever is greater.

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

Detained person’s attorney uses this writ to force police to bring the person to court and challenge legality of detention.

WETTING AGENT

Material lowering a fluids surface tension so it can clean or get into another substance.

YELLOW SHEETS

Listing daily of bid and ask prices for over the counter bonds. Produced by National Quotation Bureau.

WHITE COLLAR CRIME

Fraud and crime committed by managerial and administrative personnel, professionals and public servants.

WEB DESIGN

Describes all of the tasks needed to create an HTML driven web page to be displayed on the WWW.

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