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TERMS OF PAYMENT

Payment conditions between buyer and seller. Terms are cash, open account, secured account.

TERMS OF REFERENCE

Statement showing background, objectives, purpose of a project, proposal or program.

TERMS OF SALE

Terms of delivery and payment agreed between the buyer and the seller.

TERMS OF TRADE

Quantity of imports a country can buy from proceeds of selling services and goods of a set quantity.

TEROTECHNOLOGY

Approach using mint disciplines to get the maximum benefit economically from physical assets.

TERTIARY

Ranked in third position of importance. See second art, primary, service industry.

TERTIARY TREATMENT

Advanced waste water cleaning where suspended solids and nutrients are removed.

TESCO

Retailer and business in the UK, now online and founded in 1919 and is currently one of the world’s largest retailers.

TEST CRITERIA

Standard or benchmark where test procedures are compared to.

TEST FIDELITY

Extent of a test duplicating conditions or performance of a task. Close match equals high fidelity.

TEST MARKETING

Stage in product development where a product and plan for marketing are exposed to a small population group to see the reaction before a full scale product launch.

TESTAMENTARY INSTRUMENT

Document or will creating, extinguishing or transferring interest in or the right to an asset or property. Also known as a testamentary document

TESTAMENTARY TRUST

Trust created with a will that will take effect only fret the writer’s death and will be subject to probate.

TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE

Written or oral assertion offered as proof of truth in court. Includes hearsay and testimony.

TESTIMONIUM

Concluding section of a deed or contract stating it has been signed on the date stated by the parties.

TESTING

Means of quality control where capability of manufactured items to meet its requirement is determined.

TEXAS RATIO

Gerard Cassidy and a team from RBC Capital Markets developed this ratio to assess credit issues from banking institutions.

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